Ignaz Paprion

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Ignaz Matthias Paprion (born February 14, 1752 in Sillian , East Tyrol ; † August 11, 1812 there ) was an Austrian historian , homeland friend and pastor .

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Paprion devoted himself to the priesthood and was ordained a priest in September 1774. In 1786 Paprion became curate in Winnebach and worked for several years as an assistant priest and headmaster in his home parish of Sillian. In 1798 he received a canonical in San Candido by imperial award and became canon of the collegiate monastery there . After he became pastor of Toblach on December 21, 1801 , he returned five years later to Sillian, where he worked as pastor until the end of his life.

On April 10, 1809, he received the seriously ill director Josef von Hormayr . In numerous speeches, he called on the Tyrolean population to revolt against Napoleon . Paprion placed him in the rectory and looked after him. Hormayr was grateful for this help by appointing him to the Pustertal Protective Deputation on August 7th of the same year . He was responsible for the formation and armament of the two Sillian rifle companies.

In September 1809 the high commander in the Puster Valley exceeded his powers . Paprion therefore applied for his removal, which was finally carried out by Andreas Hofer . After the end of the fifth coalition war , Hormayr proposed him to Emperor Franz I for the award of the "Cross of Honor for Clergy" . As Tyrol was then occupied by Bavaria , he was denied this award.

On January 4, 1810, Josef Achammer , the captain of the second Sillian rifle company, was sentenced to death by the French with two other comrades in arms . Paprion accompanied the three condemned to their place of execution, but could not prevent the display of Achammer's body.

Even in his youth, Paprion dealt with the study of history . He paid particular attention to the history of the eastern Puster Valley . He collected hundreds of documents and summarized them chronologically in several notebooks. In 1806 he completed a detailed handwritten repertory diplomatum et litterarum collectum , which opened up the documents and files of the San Candido Abbey Archives after 85 stores and recorded them in detail. Nothing is known about publications, only that out of anger he destroyed most of his writings in the fire. Parts of his work can be found in the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum. The most valuable work is that of Heinfels Castle , where the Counts of Gorizia temporarily resided.

Paprion was the first to derive the name “ Pustertal ” from the Slavic word “pust” (barren, sterile). This view was later followed by important historians such as Josef von Hormayr. Paprion's interest was not only in antiquity, he also collected nobility degrees and genealogies . He was quoted several times by Franz Anton Sinnacher, Josef von Hormayr, Beda Weber and Georg Tinkhauser in their works.

useful information

One of his ancestors was the innkeeper and pious Altötting - and Jerusalem - pilgrim Georg Paprion from the Hofmark Innichen. He is considered to be the founder of the well-known Holy Sepulcher Chapel in Innichen, including the Altöttinger Chapel from 1653.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch. II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Volume 1: By the year 1140 . Ed .: Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft mb H. Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. Introduction XXVI .

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SURNAME Paprion, Ignaz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paprion, Ignaz Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Tyrolean historian, homeland friend and pastor
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Sillian
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1812
Place of death Sillian