Johann Baptist Weiß (1753-1800) was a German
Benedictine
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, foun ...
monk, teacher and playwright.
Life
Johann Baptist Weiß was born on 4 January 1753 in
Wittichen
Wittichen is a village that belongs to Kaltbrunn in the municipality of Schenkenzell in the district of Rottweil in the southwest German state of Baden-Württemberg.
History
In 1291, Luitgard, later the founder of the convent of Wittichen Ab ...
, took his monastic vows on 6 June 1773 at
St. Blaise Abbey in the
Black Forest
The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...
and was ordained as a priest in 1776. He became a teacher of theology at the abbey. Later, he took over the parish of
Schluchsee
The Schluchsee is a reservoir lake in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, southeast of the Titisee in the Black Forest near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Name
In the Alemannic dialects of the region the name of the lake is the ''Schluec ...
. On 21 June 1793 he gave the eulogy at the graveside of the abbot,
Martin Gerbert
Martin Gerbert (11 August 1720 – 3 May 1793), was a German theologian, historian and writer on music, belonged to the noble family of Gerbert von Hornau, and was born at Horb am Neckar, Württemberg, on 12 (or 11 or 13) August 1720.
Life
He w ...
. In 1794, after the schools in
Konstanz
Konstanz (, , locally: ; also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. The city houses the University of Konstanz and was th ...
were taken over by the Benedictines of the anterior Austrian bishoprics, Pastor Weiß was entrusted with the post of apostolic prefect (''Präfektstelle'') at the grammar school there.
[Joseph Bader: ''Das ehemalige Kloster St. Blasien auf dem Schwarzwalde und seine Gelehrten-Academie'' (= Freiburger Diöcesan Archiv, Bd. VIII.) Freiburg: Herder, 1874, p. 122 ().] He died in 1800 in Konstanz.
Works
* Festrede, gehalten am 8. Tage der Feierlichkeiten bei Einweihung der neuen Kirche zu St. Blasien. St. Gallen, 1784 (Official speech given on the 8th day of the celebrations for the consecration of the new church at St. Blasien)
* Trauer- und Lobrede auf Martin Gerbert, weiland Fürstabten zu S. Blasien, gehalten von J. B. Weiß, Capitular dasselbst, an seine Mitbrüder, bei dem feierlichen Leichenbegängnisse am 21. Brachmonat 1793. S. Blasien (Eulogy for Martin Gerbert, late prince abbot of the cathedral of St. Blasien)
* Über die Verbindung guter Sitten mit den Wissenschaften. Eine Ermahnungsrede an die Zöglinge des Gymnasiums zu Constanz, gehalten am 8. Christmonat 1794. Constanz 1795
Literature
* Joseph Bader: ''Das ehemalige Kloster St. Blasien auf dem Schwarzwalde und seine Gelehrten-Academie'' (= Freiburger Diöcesan Archiv, VIII vol.). Herder, Freiburg, 1874, p. 122 ().
References
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18th-century German writers
18th-century German male writers
German Benedictines
18th-century German Roman Catholic priests
1753 births
1800 deaths