Philipp Jakob Huth from Dessendorf

Philipp Jakob Huth, Edler von Dessendorf (born September 25, 1742 in Würzburg , † July 5, 1813 in Munich ; also Philipp Iakob von Huth ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Huth mainly studied theology and law at the universities in Würzburg and Ingolstadt . In Ingolstadt he became a university librarian in 1769 , and received his doctorate in both rights in 1771 . He also obtained a licentiate in theology that year . After completing his studies, Huth became headmaster and professor, first in Mindelheim in 1773 , then in Burghausen in 1774 . As early as 1775 he was appointed canon at the Hochkollegiatstift at the Munich Frauenkirche . The appointment to the electoral real spiritual council took place in the following year.

Works (selection)

• Dissertatio historico-politico-canonica de eo quod circa ferias sacras instituendas abolendasque justum est , Ingolstadt 1770.
• Good education of the world spirituality of a country, primarily through well-organized nurseries and seminars , Munich 1773.
• Illuminated services of the most noble house Wittelspach for the church, with 8 portraits of the dukes, electors and emperors from this house , Landshut 1777.
• Attempt at a church history of the 18th century, following the church history of the Abbé Ducreux . 2 volumes, 1807 and 1809.

literature

• Franz Heinrich Reusch :  Huth, Philipp Jakob von, Edler von Dessendorf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 461 f.
• Clemens Alois Baader : from HUTH, Philipp Iakob . In: The learned Baiern or lexicon of all writers who produced or nourished Bavaria in the 18th century (A – K) , Seidel, Nuremberg and Sulzbach 1804.