Sigismund Calles
Sigismund Calles (born March 12, 1696 in Aggsbach , Lower Austria , † January 3, 1767 in Vienna ) was an Austrian Jesuit and historian.
biography
Sigismund Calles joined the Society of Jesus in 1711 . At the grammar schools in Klagenfurt and Leoben he worked as a teacher for Greek and Latin. From 1737 to 1746 he was a professor of history at the University of Vienna . With his Annales Austriae he presented one of the first scientific treatises on the history of Austria.
Works
- Annales Austriae ab ultimae aetatis memoria ad Habsburgicae gentis principes deducti. 2 volumes. Leopold Joannis Kaliwoda, Vienna 1750 (digital copies: Volume 1 , Volume 2 ).
- Series Misnensium Episcoporum cum ex aliis documentis, tum praesertim ex litterarum, contractuum ac donationum Misnensis Ecclesiae breviario manuscripto restituta et illustrata. EF Bader, Regensburg / Vienna 1752 ( digitized version ).
- Annales ecclesiastici Germaniae. 6 volumes. Vienna 1756–1769.
literature
- Franz von Krones: Calles, Sigmund . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 708.
- German Biographical Encyclopedia , edited by Walther Killy, Volume 2 (1995).
- Jesuit encyclopedia , edited by Ludwig Koch, 1934.
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SURNAME | Calles, Sigismund |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Jesuit and historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1696 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aggsbach , Lower Austria |
DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1767 |
Place of death | Vienna |