Francis Xavier Schmalzgrueber (9 October 1663 – 7 November 1735) was a German

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canonist. Schmalzgrueber was born at Griesbach,

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. Entering the Society of Jesus in 1679, he made his studies at

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, obtaining the doctorate both in theology and canon law. He taught humanities at

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, Dillingen, and Neuburg; philosophy at

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, and Ingolstadt; dogmatic theology at

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and

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. From 1703 to 1716 (with an interruption of two years when he occupied the chair of moral theology) he was professor of canon law, alternating between Dillingen and Ingolstadt. He was twice chancellor of the

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; for two years censor of books for the Jesuits at Rome, and for a like period prefect of studies at Munich. He died at Dillingen, aged 72.

Works

His chief work, ''Jus Ecclesiasticum Universum'', first published in

in 1817, underwent various editions, the last appearing at Rome (1843-5) in twelve

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volumes. A compendium of this work was styled ''Succincta sacrorum canonum doctrina''; another, ''Compendium juris ecclesiastici''; both were published in

in 1747. Grandclaude's work (Paris, 1882-3) is practically a compendium of Schmalzgrueber. Other writings are: ''Judicium ecclesiasticum'', ''Clerus saecularis et regularis'', ''Sponsalia et matrimonia'', ''Crimen fori ecclesiastici'', ''Consilia seu responsa Juris''; all appeared at Augsburg between 1712 and 1722.

References

*Mederer, Annales Ingolstadiensis Academiae, III (Ingolstadt, 1782), 142 *

Augustin de Backer Augustin de Backer (18 July 1809 in Antwerp, Belgium – 1 December 1873 in Liège, Belgium) was a Belgian Jesuit and renowned bibliographer. Early years and Formation De Backer left his country to be educated at the Jesuit schools of France ...

, Bibliothèque, ed. *

Carlos Sommervogel Carlos Sommervogel (8 January 1834 – 4 March 1902) was a French Jesuit scholar. He was author of the monumental ''Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus'', which served as one of the major references for the editors of the Catholic Encyclope ...

, VII (1896), 795 sq. *Allg. Realencyk. (Ratisbon, 1886).

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