Joseph Ferdinand Damberger
Joseph Ferdinand Damberger SJ (born March 1, 1795 in Passau , † April 1, 1859 in Schäftlarn Abbey ) was a German Roman Catholic priest and theologian .
Life
After completing his earlier studies at the public schools in his hometown, he studied law in Landshut , then studied theology in Salzburg , Landshut and Munich and was ordained a priest in 1818. During his time at the Munich Lyceum he devoted himself to historical studies. Until 1837 he was particularly active as a preacher in Landshut and in St. Kajetan and Adelheid .
In 1837 he joined the Society of Jesus and completed his novitiate in Brig , where he worked for about ten years partly as a mission preacher and partly as a professor of church history in Lucerne . The defeat of the Sonderbund (1847) resulted in the expulsion of the Jesuits from Switzerland. Damberger spent several years in Innsbruck and Regensburg and in 1853 became confessor in the Schäftlarn monastery in Bavaria, where he died.
Fonts (selection)
- (Translation :) Most memorable declaration by the Most Holy Father Leo XII. about the purpose of the jubilation indulgence and how to gain it . Landshut 1826.
- Princely table of states-history . Regensburg 1831.
- Easter, the time of grace . Munich 1844.
- Synchronistic History of the Church and the World in the Middle Ages . Regensburg 1850–1863.
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| SURNAME | Damberger, Joseph Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Passau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1859 |
| Place of death | Schäftlarn monastery |