Josef Zingerle

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Josef Zingerle (born January 25, 1831 in Meran , † April 14, 1891 in Trento ) was a Tyrolean Catholic theologian and orientalist .

Life

Josef Zingerle, brother of Ignaz Vinzenz Zingerle and son of the businessman Bartlmä Tobias Zingerle, was born on January 25, 1831 in Merano and attended a grammar school in his hometown. From 1847 he studied at the University of Innsbruck . From November 12, 1852, he taught Greek philology and German on a trial basis at the grammar school in Meran. Shortly after he was offered the actual position, he broke off to study theology from 1854 to 1856 at the University of Tübingen . Josef Zingerle continued his studies in Brixen and Trento for the next two years . He was then ordained a priest and held his first mass on July 11, 1858 in Merano. From autumn of that year he spent two semesters at the University of Vienna , where he acquired further knowledge of the oriental languages. In the fall of 1859, Zingerle became professor of the Old Testament . He spent his vacation in Rome in 1863/1864 . Zingerle was appointed prosynodal examiner on June 23, 1866. Franz Joseph I appointed him canon in Trento on April 26, 1876 . In the fall of 1879, however, he began again as a theology teacher. In 1880 Zingerle fell ill with a stomach disease , which was initially classified as harmless. After a cure in Karlsbad , the disease turned negative, so that Josef Zingerle died on April 14, 1891 in Trento. There was a mass for him two days after his death on April 16. He was buried in the family grave of the Zingerle family in Merano.

Works

  • anonymous: The city of Meran and its surroundings. A guide for strangers. Eberle, Bozen 1850 ( digitized version ).
  • with Ignaz Zingerle : Children's and Household Tales from Southern Germany. Pustet, Regensburg 1854 ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Zingerle, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tyrolean Catholic theologian and orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Meran
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1891
Place of death Trent