Sigismund Calles

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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.
personal data
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