Joseph Ambrosius Stapf

Joseph Ambrosius Stapf (also Ambrosius Stapf or Joseph Ambros Stapf ; born August 15, 1785 in Fliess , † January 10, 1844 in Brixen ) was an Austrian Roman Catholic theologian and clergyman .

Life

Stapf was the son of farmers and came from the Fliess hamlet of Am alten Zoll . He graduated from the Franciscan high school in Hall and entered the Franciscan monastery in Schwaz in 1803 . In 1806 he made his profession there. This was followed by studies of theology at the Innsbruck University and in 1809 he was ordained a priest . After the Franciscan Order Province was dissolved by Bavaria in 1810, he worked as a secular priest in the Diocese of Freising . From 1816 he was curator in Ried im Zillertal , from 1818 in Tux .

In 1821, Stapf was appointed professor of moral theology at the Innsbruck Lyceum . However, he turned out to be an opponent of the state church and the Enlightenment . As such, he turned out to be predestined for the teaching institute in Brixen . There he became a professor for moral theology and education in 1823. In 1831 he was given the title of consistorial councilor, in 1834 an honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna and in 1837 he was appointed canon of Brixen. In 1840 he was finally appointed ordinary canon.

Stapf resigned from teaching in 1841 for health reasons. His works were added to popular textbooks and, after his death, among others, were published by his successor in office Joseph Vincenz Hofmann .

Works (selection)

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Stapf, Joseph Ambros . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 37th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1878, p. 144 f. ( Digitized version ).
Franz Heinrich Reusch : Stapf, Ambrosius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 449.
Friedrich Lauchert : Joseph Ambrose Stapf . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 14, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912, p. 248.
Peter Barden: Stapf, Joseph Ambrosius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 10, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-062-X , Sp. 1200-1201.
Hubert Reitterer: Hofmann, Joseph Anton Vincenz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 97.

Web links

Works by and about Joseph Ambrosius Stapf in the German Digital Library

Remarks

↑ The BLKÖ and the CE speak of having completed this as a doctor of theology , the BBKL as a doctor of philosophy . When it comes to the names of authors in his works, a doctorate only appears after he has been awarded the honorary doctorate .

personal data
SURNAME	Stapf, Joseph Ambrosius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stapf, Joseph Ambros; Stapf, Ambrosius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian theologian and Roman Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH	Flow
DATE OF DEATH	January 10, 1844
Place of death	Brixen

[1] The BLKÖ and the CE speak of having completed this as a doctor of theology , the BBKL as a doctor of philosophy . When it comes to the names of authors in his works, a doctorate only appears after he has been awarded the honorary doctorate .