
Károly Salbeck of Petris (
Galați
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Moldova
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, today
Romania
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17 November 1725 –
Lőcse,
Hungary
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(today part of
Slovakia
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, 15 June 1787) was a doctor of
theology
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,
bishop
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of
Szepes County
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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, Transylvania (today Alba Iulia Romania)) was a doctor of philosophy, priest of the Society of Jesus, teacher, brother of Ferenc Sal ...
.
His life
He was one of the sons of Máté Salbeck, a salt trader. He studied at the Collegium Hungaricum in
Rome
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, and became a priest at the
Diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of
Transylvania
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. Between 1751 and 1776 he was
canon
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of
Kalocsa
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,
abbot
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of
Ercsi, bishop of Nemeia and
provost
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of
Vác
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Location
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. Between 1776 and 1787 he was the first bishop of Szepes and
privy councillor 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.
Sources
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PIM
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18th-century Hungarian people
Hungarian Christians
People from Galați
1725 births
1787 deaths