Johann Evangelist Stadler

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Johann Evangelist Stadler , also Latinized as Johannes Evangelista Stadler (born December 24, 1804 in Parkstetten near Regensburg , † December 30, 1868 in Augsburg ) was a Bavarian theologian and encyclopaedist .

biography

Johann Evangelist Stadler attended high school in Straubing . After studying theology at the University of Landshut , he was ordained a priest in Regensburg in 1827.

In 1828 he received a scholarship from the Herzogliche Georgianum in Munich and continued his studies at the University of Munich . In 1829 he received his doctorate and in 1831 his habilitation in biblical theology. In 1833 he became associate professor at the University of Munich, and in 1837 full professor. At the instigation of Ignaz von Döllinger , he had to give up the chair two years later. In the same year Johann Evangelist Stadler was appointed to the Augsburg cathedral chapter and was dean of the cathedral there in 1859.

His most important work was the Complete Lexicon of Saints . He wrote the first volume together with Franz Joseph Heim and after his death the edition was continued by JN Ginal (volumes IV – V).

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  • as ed. with Franz Joseph Heim: Complete encyclopedia of saints or life stories of all saints, blessed, etc. of all places and all centuries [...]. 5 volumes (from volume 5 co-edited by Johann Nepomuk Ginal), Augsburg 1858–1882 ( online at zeno.org); Reprint Hildesheim and New York 1975; Reprint: 2nd edition, Georg Olms-Verlag, Hildesheim 1996, foreword online

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SURNAME Stadler, Johann Evangelist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stadler, JE
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian theologian and encyclopaedist
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Parkstetten near Regensburg
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1868
Place of death augsburg