Placidus Amon
Placidus Amon (born Franz Amon; * December 10, 1700 in Waldhausen im Strudengau ; † January 16, 1759 in Traiskirchen ) was an Austrian Benedictine and philologist ( Germanist ).
Franz Amon took his religious vows in Melk Abbey in 1719 and took the name Placidus. He was ordained a priest in 1726 .
He dealt with lexicography and planned an extensive dictionary of the German language. There are correspondence with Gottsched and Wachter . Amon's interest was particularly in Middle High German literature.
Web links
- Otto Basler : Amon, Placidus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 256 ( digitized version ).
- Rudolph Schachinger: The efforts of the Benedictine P. Placidus Amon for the German language and literature . In: Annual report of the kk Obergymnasium zu Melk 38, 1888, ZDB -ID 1218767-7 , pp. 6-50.
- Entry on Placidus Amon in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
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| SURNAME | Amon, Placidus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amon, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Benedictine and philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1700 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldhausen im Strudengau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1759 |
| Place of death | Traiskirchen |