Ludwig Engel
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Ludwig Engel was an Austrian Benedictine
canon lawyer.
, 10 September 1654. At the order of his abbot, he applied himself to the study of law at the University of Salzburg
, where theological studies were committed to the care of the Benedictines.
He was proclaimed doctor of civil and canon law in 1657, ordained priest in the following year, and was soon professor of canon law at this university.
In 1669 he was unanimously chosen vice-chancellor of the university. He left Salzburg in 1674 at the invitation of the Abbot of Melk, who hoped that Engel should become known and appreciated by the monks, to be chosen as his successor. The death of Engel, which occurred in the same year, prevented this plan from being realized.
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
canon lawyer.
Life
He became a Benedictine in Melk AbbeyMelk Abbey
Melk Abbey or Stift Melk is an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world's most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley....
, 10 September 1654. At the order of his abbot, he applied himself to the study of law at the University of Salzburg
University of Salzburg
The University of Salzburg, or Paris Lodron University after its founder, the Prince Archbishop Paris Lodron, is located in the Austrian city of Salzburg, Salzburgerland, home of Mozart. It is divided into 4 faculties: catholic theology, law, humanities and natural science.Founded in 1622, it...
, where theological studies were committed to the care of the Benedictines.
He was proclaimed doctor of civil and canon law in 1657, ordained priest in the following year, and was soon professor of canon law at this university.
In 1669 he was unanimously chosen vice-chancellor of the university. He left Salzburg in 1674 at the invitation of the Abbot of Melk, who hoped that Engel should become known and appreciated by the monks, to be chosen as his successor. The death of Engel, which occurred in the same year, prevented this plan from being realized.
Works
His main works are:- "Manuale parochorum" (Salzburg, 1661);
- "Forum competens" (Salzburg, 1663);
- "Tractatus de privilegiis et juribus monasteriorum" (Salzburg, 1664);
- "Collegium universi juris canonici", etc. (Salzburg, 1671–1674), a work running to a fifteenth edition in 1770. A summary was published in 1720 by Mainardus Schwartz.