Stephan Wiest (7 March 1748, Teisbach - 10 April 1797,

Aldersbach Aldersbach ( bar, label=Central Bavarian, Oidaschbo) is a municipality in the district of Passau in Bavaria in Germany. The former Cistercian Aldersbach Abbey, of which the Baroque church remains, is located in the village. There is also a brewe ...

) was a

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, and

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History

He was born on 7 March 1748 at Teisbach in

Lower Bavaria Lower Bavaria (german: Niederbayern, Bavarian: ''Niedabayern'') is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. Geography Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions () – Landshut and Donau-W ...

. He attended the

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

in 1767 to study

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and

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. He took the vows on 28 October 1768, and was later

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in 1772. He then studied further at the

University of Ingolstadt The University of Ingolstadt was founded in 1472 by Louis the Rich, the Duke of Bavaria at the time, and its first Chancellor was the Bishop of Eichstätt. It consisted of five faculties: humanities, sciences, theology, law, and medicine, all o ...

. From 1774 to 1780 he taught philosophy and

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at Aldersbach, and then theology from 1780 to 1781. In 1781 he was made professor of

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at the University of Ingolstadt, where he also taught

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and the history of theological

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. He was then made rector of the university from 1787 to 1788, and then resigned his professorship in 1794, returning to the monastery of Aldersbach.

Works

* '' Institutiones theologicae'' * '' Institutiones theologicae dogmaticae in usum academicum'' * '' Introductio in historiam litterariam theologiae revelatae potissimum catholicae'' * '' Institutiones Patrologiae in usum academicum'' * '' De Wolfango Mario Abbate Alderspacensi Ord. Cist.''

External links and references

Catholic Encyclopedia on Stephan Wiest
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiest, Stephan 1748 births 1797 deaths German Cistercians 18th-century German Roman Catholic priests People from Dingolfing-Landau