Károly Salbeck of Petris (

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, today

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17 November 1725 – Lőcse,

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(today part of

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, 15 June 1787) was a doctor of

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, brother of Ferenc Salbeck and

Mihály Salbeck Salbeck Mihály (May 9, 1709 in Petris Iaşi Moldavia, (today Romania) – February 25, 1758 in Gyulafehérvár, Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867), Transylvania (today Alba Iulia Romania)) was a doctor of philosophy, priest of the Socie ...

His life

He was one of the sons of Máté Salbeck, a salt trader. He studied at the Collegium Hungaricum in

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, and became a priest at the

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. Between 1751 and 1776 he was

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, bishop of Nemeia and provost of

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. Between 1776 and 1787 he was the first bishop of Szepes and

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to the Order of Saint Stephen.

His works

* Sermo sacer ... habitus Jaurini die XV. Aug. 1774. in alteris sacerdotii soleniis exc., ill, ac. rev. dni Francisci e com. Zichy de Vásonkő episcopi Jaurinensi. Vacii.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salbeck, Karoly 18th-century Hungarian people Hungarian Christians People from Galați 1725 births 1787 deaths