Ignaz Agricola
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Ignaz Agricola was a German
Jesuit.
Agricola was born in Zusamaltheim
in the Bishopric of Augsburg. He entered the Jesuit order on September 28, 1677, and studied in Jesuit schools, philosophy for three years and theology for four years. He then taught in Jesuit schools for a number of years: grammar for two years, poetry for two years, rhetoric for seven years, and logic for two years. He spent much of this time in Munich
, where in 1719 he was president of the Sodalitas major, and where he died in 1729.
His wrote a well-known history of the Jesuit order, Historia Provinciae Societatis Jesu Germaniae superioris, quinque primas annorum complexa decades (1727).
Germany
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Jesuit.
Agricola was born in Zusamaltheim
Zusamaltheim
Zusamaltheim is a municipality in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria in Germany.The local sports club - http://www.vflzusamaltheim.de...
in the Bishopric of Augsburg. He entered the Jesuit order on September 28, 1677, and studied in Jesuit schools, philosophy for three years and theology for four years. He then taught in Jesuit schools for a number of years: grammar for two years, poetry for two years, rhetoric for seven years, and logic for two years. He spent much of this time in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, where in 1719 he was president of the Sodalitas major, and where he died in 1729.
His wrote a well-known history of the Jesuit order, Historia Provinciae Societatis Jesu Germaniae superioris, quinque primas annorum complexa decades (1727).