Gabriel Gruber
Gabriel Gruber (* 6. May 1740 in Vienna , † March 26 . Jul / 7. April 1805 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was Superior General of the Jesuits in Russia .
Life
Gabriel Gruber joined the Society of Jesus in 1755 . From 1772 to 1786 he taught mechanics and hydraulics in Laibach . From 1786 he taught at the Jesuit college in Polock . When the order general Franciscus Kareu died on July 30, 1802, the general assembly elected Gruber as its new general on October 10 of the same year.
Gabriel Gruber died in Saint Petersburg in 1805.
Appreciation
The Gruber Canal (Gruberjev Prekop) in Ljubljana is named after him.
Web links
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- Entry in Constantin von Wurzbach : Biographical Lexicon of the Kaiserthums Oesterreich . Volume 5, Vienna 1859, pp. 382–383.
- Eduard Winter: Gruber, Gabriel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 181 ( digitized version ).
- Heinrich von Zeißberg : Gruber, Gabriel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 792-794.
- Biography , Jesuit Society in Russia (Russian)
notes
- ↑ From 1782 to 1814 the order existed only in Russia.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Franciscus Kareu |
Superior General of the Society of Jesus 1802–1805 |
Tadeusz Brzozowski |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruber, Gabriel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Superior General of the Societas Jesu (Jesuits) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1805 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |