Franz Xaver Riedel

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Franz Xaver Riedel (born October 15, 1738 in Mautern an der Donau , † October 30, 1773 in Güns (Hungary) ) was an Austrian Jesuit , teacher and author .

Life

Riedel entered the Jesuit novitiate at the age of 16 and received a varied education. After his profession he worked as a teacher for ancient languages ​​and literature , poetics and architecture at Jesuit grammar schools in Graz and Linz and most recently at the Theresian Knight Academy in Vienna . Because of the repeal of the Jesuit order in 1773, he went to Güns, where he died at the age of 35 that same year.

Riedel was friends with the Jesuit scholar Michael Denis . Of his writings, the reworking of Latin hymns, songs of the church translated from the Roman times of the day and the missal (published in 1773) had the greatest lasting effect. They also contain the song of your Savior, your teacher , which is sung much to this day , Riedel's transmission of the Corpus Christi hymn Lauda Sion Salvatorem , which is contained in most parts of the praise of God diocese. His poetic language is influenced by Klopstock .

Fonts

Most of Riedel's works did not appear in print until posthumously .

  • The Lamentations of Jeremiah Germanized , Vienna 1761
  • Metric translation of all biblical songs , Vienna 1771
  • Songs of the church from the Roman times of the day and the missal translated , Vienna and Augsburg 1773
  • German collection of letter samples for the youth , Vienna 1775 (later published in Augsburg under the title Sample of letters )
  • The book Job in Twelve Chants , Pressburg 1779
  • The beginnings of war architecture , Vienna 1777, and the beginnings of civil architecture , Vienna 1786, translations of Latin writings by Johann Baptist Izzo  SJ

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German Biographical Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., Vol. 8, p. 391
personal data
SURNAME Riedel, Franz Xaver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riedl, Franz Xaver; Riedel, Franz Xavier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Jesuit and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Mautern on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1773
Place of death Kőszeg