Johann Baptist Weiß (1753-1800) was a German

Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...

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

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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. 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 ...

. In 1794, after the schools in

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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 ().

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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 {{Germany-writer-stub