Magnoald Ziegelbauer

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Magnoald Ziegelbauer

Magnoald Ziegelbauer (originally Johann Michael Ziegelbauer , religious name Magnus , Magnoald he called himself from 1732, according to the understanding at that time, another form of name for Magnus; * October 5, 1688 in Ellwangen (Jagst) ; † June 14, 1750 in Olomouc ) was a German historian and Benedictine monk . Because of his main work, a literary history of the Benedictine order, he can be counted among the most important names in the history of orders and scholars. He also wrote numerous other writings, some of which remained unprinted.

Life

Ziegelbauer's training began at the Jesuit high school in his home town of Ellwangen. In 1706, after previous contacts with the Neresheim monastery, he entered the Benedictine monastery of Zwiefalten and made his profession on November 21, 1707 and from then on bore the religious name Magnus. After completing a home study, he was ordained a priest on March 21, 1713 and was entrusted with pastoral activities for a few years before he began teaching.

From 1721 to 1723 he taught at the monastery school in Ehingen as a professor of rhetoric and father comicus . From 1725 to 1730 he was professor of theology in Reichenau . An already tense atmosphere between Ziegelbauer and his home monastery Zwiefalten intensified, the initial lack of understanding on the part of the members of the monastery turned into aversion to the ambitious professor. Ziegelbauer declared his resignation in 1730, in order to still call himself a Benedictine von Zwiefalten until his death and to be so in his own way. The final break with his home monastery, which did not take place until years later, after a last exchange of letters in 1745, did not change anything.

In 1731 Ziegelbauer traveled to Vienna on behalf of the prior von Reichenau . Only interrupted by a short stay in Göttweig , where he taught moral theology , Ziegelbauer stayed in Vienna. In 1733 or 1734 he met the Benedictine Oliver Legipont (1698–1758) there, with whom he was friends for almost the rest of his life.

During this time, Ziegelbauer turned increasingly to the activity of writing scientific papers, Vienna offered him the ideal environment with its rich libraries. He already began with his main work, a literary history of the Benedictine order, for which an opening act was published in 1739. Since then, Ziegelbauer has also exchanged letters with other learned Benedictines, such as Augustin Calmet and Anselm Desing . In 1737 he came into contact with the Brevnov monastery near Prague , and in 1739 Ziegelbauer was commissioned by the abbot of Brevnov to write a history of this monastery. Ziegelbauer traveled to Prague to do research in the local archives. The result of the work was published in Cologne in 1740 as Epitome historica regii, liberi, exempti in Regno Bohemiae antiquissimi, celeberrimi, ac amplissimi Monasterii Brevnoviensis, vulgo S. Margarethae Ordinis S. Benedicti prope Pragam .

After that, Ziegelbauer stayed in Vienna and continued work on his literary history of the Benedictine Order, but was hampered by his lack of financial situation. In 1744 he went back to Prague, where he was offered a professorship at a planned academy for young aristocrats. After these plans failed, Ziegelbauer returned to Vienna. Then he tried to get a job at the Knight Academy of the Kremsmünster Abbey , but this attempt to improve the limited financial situation also failed.

A remedy was found in 1747 when a brick maker first became a member and soon secretary of a scholarly society, the Societas incognitorum in Olomouc. The founder of this company, Joseph Freiherr von Petrasch , became his helpful patron after Ziegelbauer's move to Olomouc . Ziegelbauer completed the Benedictine literary history, but did not find a publisher for it. He also worked on other works, including on the history of Bohemia . But even in these last years of his life in Olomouc there were disputes: one with the patron Petrasch was settled, a dispute with Legipont in 1749 led to a falling out of the friends.

Ziegelbauer fell ill in June 1750 and died shortly afterwards. He was buried in the St. Moritz Church in Olomouc. As a result, the rumor arose that Ziegelbauer had been poisoned, but this remained unconfirmed.

Ziegelbauer's main work, the history of Benedictine literature, was only published in 1754 by his friend Legipont in Augsburg under the title Historia rei literariae Ordinis S. Benedicti .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Ruf:  Ziegelbauer, Magnoald (Magnus) OSB. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 444-452.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive ) (online version from July 1, 2006)
  2. ↑ a b Article Magnoald Ziegelbauer in the Catholic Encyclopedia online

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personal data
SURNAME Brick builder, Magnoald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brick builder, Magnus; Ziegelbauer, Johann Michael (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and Benedictine monk, author of a literary history of the Benedictine order
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellwangen (Jagst)
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1750
Place of death Olomouc