Oliver Legipont (2 December 1698, at

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– 16 January 1758, at

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) was a German

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bibliographer.

Life

Having received his early education from the

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, he proceeded for higher studies to

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. There he entered the abbey of Great St. Martin, received the priesthood on 22 May 1723, and took the degree of Licentiate in 1728. He was commissioned to examine and put in order numerous libraries. His life was practically a succession of journeys, from one library to another. He was instrumental in the erection of a Benedictine college in the

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. Oliver Legipont was also member of the first

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in Habsburg Monarchy, the

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, which was publishing the first scientific journal of the monarchy, to which Legipont was also contributing.

Works

Most of his writings remained unedited. Among the printed works are: *his edition of

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's "Historia rei litterariæ ord. Sti. Benedicti" (1754-); *"Monasticum Moguntiacum" (Prague, 1746); *"Dissertationes philologico-bibliographicæ" (Nuremberg, 1747), *"Itinerarium peregrinationis nobilis" (Augsburg, 1751; the same also in Spanish, Valencia, 1759).

References

;Attribution * The entry cites: **''Allg. Deutsch. Biog.'', XVIII. 123. {{DEFAULTSORT:Legipont, Oliver 1698 births 1758 deaths German Benedictines German bibliographers German male non-fiction writers