Joseph Mezger
Joseph Mezger OSB , often also butcher , (born September 5, 1635 in Eichstätt as Johann Willibald Mezger , † October 26, 1683 in St. Gallen ) was a German Benedictine priest , theologian , historian and canon lawyer .
Life
Mezger was the son of the Prince Archbishop's court chancellor under Paris Count von Lodron Johann Christoph Mezger (1594–1658). He entered the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg with his brother Franz on September 8, 1651 , where he received his training and was ordained a priest . He read his first Holy Mass on January 1, 1659 . In 1658 he began teaching at the Academic Gymnasium Salzburg as a poetry professor . In addition, he was novice master at St. Peter's Abbey from 1660 and then subprior until 1662 .
Mezger moved to the University of Salzburg in 1662 and taught there as a professor of philosophy until 1664 . In the academic year 1663/1664 he was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty. On September 4, 1665 he was promoted to Dr. theol. doctorate and at the same time he moved to the theological faculty of the university. At this he taught as a professor until 1680, after his doctorate in law, in particular as a professor of canon law and later also as a professor of Holy Scripture and polemics. He was also dean of the theological faculty in the academic year 1678/1679. From 1674 to 1683 he also held the office of Pro Chancellor of the university.
Mezger became prior of the monastery in Salzburg on December 2, 1673 , and he was also given the title of clergyman . Like his brother Paul Mezger, he was in a friendly correspondence with Jean Mabillon and died on a trip to the abbey of St. Gallen .
Works (selection)
- Quatuor gradus naturae: esse, vivere, sentire, et intelligere , Mayr, Salzburg 1664.
- Panacea iuris, sive Remedium universale restitutionis in integrum , Mayr, Salzburg 1673.
- Casus Iuridicus Matrimonialis , Mayr, Salzburg 1674.
- with his brothers Franz and Paul : Historia Salisburgensis , Mayr, Salzburg 1692.
literature
- Judas Thaddäus Zauner : Judas Thaddäus Zauner's biographical messages from the Salzburg law teachers from the foundation of the university to the present day , orphanage bookstore, Salzburg 1789, pp. 22-27.
- Anton Maria Kobolt : Baierisches Gelehrten-Lexikon , Hagen, Landshut 1795, p. 455 f.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Metzger, Joseph (also Mezger) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 71 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Georg Westermayer : Metzger, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 531.
- Hans-Michael Körner : Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia . De Gruyter Saur, Berlin / New York 2005, p. 1316.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mezger, Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Butcher, Joseph; Mezger, Johann Willibald (baptismal name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Benedictine priest, theologian, historian and canon lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1635 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eichstatt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1683 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |