Daniel Stadler

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Book title page by Daniel Stadler, as a Bavarian court confessor, 1751
Book cover by Daniel Stadler, as professor of philosophy in Dillingen, 1740

Daniel Stadler (born July 10, 1705 in Amberg , Upper Palatinate ; † September 25, 1764 in Pruntrut , Switzerland) was a Jesuit priest , confessor and confidante of Elector Maximilian III. Joseph von Bayern , historian , author and educator.

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Daniel Stadler came from the Upper Palatinate and entered the novitiate of the Jesuit order in Landsberg am Lech on October 9, 1722 . He studied philosophy and mathematics at the University of Ingolstadt from 1725 to 1727, and from 1731 to 1735 theology. Irrespective of this, he also had to teach in Jesuit colleges, namely 1724/25 in Mindelheim , 1728–1731 in Pruntrut near Bern. In 1735 Stadler was ordained a priest and then taught philosophy in Straubing in 1735/36 and in Hall in Tirol in 1737/38 , from autumn 1738 at the University of Dillingen . There he received his doctorate in the same year and worked here as professor and full professor of philosophy.

After a brief activity as a Sunday preacher in the Freiburg Minster (1740/41), Daniel Stadler also received a teaching post in philosophy at the University of Freiburg in 1741 . In 1742, Emperor Karl VII called him to his Frankfurt court, around his son, the later Bavarian Elector Maximilian III. Teach Joseph Philosophy and Mathematics. The latter held a public disputation in Frankfurt in 1743 under Stadler's chairmanship.

The prince chose the father as confessor and kept him in this office after he took office in Bavaria in 1745. As a personal confidante, Stadler had a great influence on him. He supported the planned Bavarian-Palatinate Union of the Wittelsbachers on the basis of the house contract of Pavia and the political alliance with France in 1756. In addition, the clergyman taught history and religion at the educational institution of the Bavarian Cadet Corps from 1756 to 1758 . In 1758 he published his own history book for the pupils in this context, which was later published for general use. First it was called “A brief outline of the Bavarian stories, as they are explained weekly in the Electoral Cadet House in Munich” , then it was entitled “Bavarian history, written for easy use and placed in the light” . He also wrote several theological works and funeral sermons he gave have been published in print. To clarify moral theological issues, Daniel Stadler was in personal correspondence with Pope Benedict XIV.

His political and dynastic influence made him hateful in Austria and attempts were made to prevent it. Finally, he was recalled from court service. On December 3, 1762, on the orders of the Jesuit general Lorenzo Ricci , Father Stadler asked the Bavarian Elector to relinquish his duty as confessor. After he had preached in the Theatine Church for the last time on January 13, 1763 , he left, from Max III. Joseph was presented with a hundred guilders travel money on January 20, Munich and went to the Jesuit branch in Pruntrut (Switzerland), where he succumbed to a serious illness on September 25, 1764.

There is a funeral sermon by him to Princess Theresia Emanuela of Bavaria that he gave in 1743 at her funeral ceremony in Frankfurt Cathedral .

Fonts

  • De Magnete , Ingolstadt 1728
  • De Duello , Ingolstadt 1728
  • Magnes, experientiis, theoriis et problematis explanatus , Dillingen 1740
  • Commercium inter corpus et animam , Freiburg im Breisgau 1741.
  • Principia Philosophiae et Matheseos, gemina concernatione propugnata a Maximiliano Josepho Principe Elector. Bavar. , Frankfurt 1743
  • Conversation about the conflict of the Oster Feyer , Frankfurt 1744
  • Tractatus de duello honoris vindice ad theologiae et juris principia exminato , Augsburg and Ingolstadt 1751
  • Bavarian history, composed and written for your convenience. put to the light . Munich 1762 ( digitized version )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anton von Schönhueb: History of the Royal Bavarian cadet corps: From original sources written for the 100th jubilee celebration. Munich 1856, p. 39, digitized
  2. ↑ Digital scan of the funeral sermon
personal data
SURNAME Stadler, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stadler, Daniel SJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Jesuit, confessor and advisor to the Bavarian Elector Max III. Joseph
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1705
PLACE OF BIRTH On the mountain
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1764
Place of death Pruntrut , Switzerland