Martin Pronath

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Martin Pronath OSB (born September 7, 1738 in Niederaichbach ; † January 5, 1790 in Prüfing ) was a German clergyman and abbot of the Benedictine monastery under Regensburg .

Life

Martin Pronath studied philosophy and theology at Weihenstephan Abbey and in Freising. After his profession in the convent in 1756 and the ordination in 1762 he worked as a theology teacher in the home study of his convent and in the abbey of Münsterschwarzach . Then he was secretary of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation until he was elected abbot of the convent by his confreres on November 20, 1781. As an abbot, he paid particular attention to the promotion of scientific talent and activity among the monastery members; for this purpose he also built an observatory in the monastery. In addition, he was concerned about improving the economic management of the monastery.

A younger half-brother of Martin Pronath was the Bavarian landscape councilor Johann von Pronath , who played a key role in the re-establishment of the secularized Benedictine monastery in Metten in Lower Bavaria (1830).

Works

  • Apologia methodum scholasticam a notis pedantismi et schlenderianismi vindicans , Regensburg 1764.
  • Theoremata philosophica , Stadtamhof 1765.
  • Nexus doctrinae theolog. Dog. schol. in selectas positiones divisae , Regensburg 1774.
  • Positiones selectae ex universa theologia .
  • Corrolaria selecta ex jure naturae, gentium, et jure eccl. univ. , Regensburg 1777.
  • Breviarium historiaw ecclesiasticae univ. Critice expensae , Regensburg 1779.
  • Dissertatio de eo, quod justum es in matrimonio infidelium altero ad fidem converso , Regensburg 1780.

literature

  • Benedikt Werner: Funeral speech for the former ... Mr. Martinus, abbot most worthy of the ... Prifling monastery ... at its thirteenth ... , Regensburg 1790.
  • August Lindner: The writers and the members of the Benedictine order in today's Kingdom of Bavaria , vol. 1, 1880; Supplements 1884.
  • Rudolf Reiser : Pronath, Martin. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 604 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Pronath, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman and abbot of the Benedictine monasteryChecking near Regensburg
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederaichbach
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1790
Place of death Testing