Sigismund Buettner

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Sigismund Büttner (* 1691 in Mellrichstadt ; † May 23, 1742 in Würzburg ) was a German Augustinian father , philosopher and theologian .

Life

Büttner attended the Augustinian grammar school in Münnerstadt . After graduating from high school, he joined the Augustinian order in 1710 . He completed his novitiate at the Augustinian monastery in Oberndorf am Neckar . There he was taught philosophy . He then studied theology at the monasteries in Constance and Freiburg . He performed so well that he was appointed novice master of the province in 1716 . Büttner also taught philosophy at the monasteries in Freiburg, Oberndorf and Würzburg . In Würzburg he was also appointed theology teacher in 1722 and was considered a particularly well-founded expert on the teaching of Augustine .

Büttner was able to assert himself as prior of the monastery in Würzburg in 1726 . He made a name for himself through his organizational skills and the enforcement of the rules of the order . He was therefore appointed by the Order General Bellelli in 1731 as his deputy at the provincial chapter. In 1733 he traveled to Rome as Definitor General , and a year later, in 1734, he was unanimously elected provincial . In this position he carried out reforms in the order and had Cantualia in usum Monasteriorum Augustinianorum Provinciae Rheno-Suevicae printed. Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury enabled him to visit the monasteries in Alsace in 1737 . At the provincial chapter in Landau in the Palatinate in 1737 he resigned from office. He then retired as prior to the monastery in Würzburg, where he finally died.

Works (selection)

  • Augustinus de vero disputans , handler, Freiburg im Breisgau 1719.
  • Scientia media in triplici sensu vindicata , Handler, Freiburg im Breisgau 1719.
  • Sanctus Augustinus gratiae divinae assertor, interpres et vindex , Engmann, Würzburg 1724.
  • Perpetuum divinae provindentiae miraculum in monarchico ecclesiae militantis regimine , Würzburg 1725.

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SURNAME Büttner, Sigismund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Augustinian priest, philosopher and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1691
PLACE OF BIRTH Mellrichstadt
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1742
Place of death Wurzburg