Joseph Anton Sambuga

Joseph Anton Franz Maria Sambuga (* June 9, 1752 in Walldorf (Baden ); † January 5, 1815 at Schloss Nymphenburg in Munich) was a Catholic theologian who primarily as educators of the future Bavarian king Ludwig I. importance.

Life

The son of a businessman of Italian origin Franz Sambuga and his wife Franziska, born Grossi studied after attending school in Mannheim and at the Augustinians in Wiesloch theology in Heidelberg. Even the brother of his mother, Joseph Anton Grossi, had been pastor for 39 years in Helmsheim in Bruchsal.

On April 2, 1774 Joseph Anton Sambuga ordained a priest in Como, Italy. He was as a cleric at his home diocese of Worms. From 1775 to 1778 he was chaplain in Helmsheim, 1775-1778 City Kaplan and court preacher in Mannheim. From 1783, he taught as a temporary rain in Heidelberg, in the so-called " minor seminary " or seminary. Sambugas piety and zeal were already famous and his biographer Johann Michael Sailer writes that he had been matured in the residence city of Mannheim for " excellent preacher " and respected as " ornament of the Palatine clergy ".

Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg, a court official and minister in Mannheim, and founder of the Mannheim National Theatre and its long-time volunteer director, won Sambuga as pastor of Herrnsheim at Worms. Here he worked 1784-1797, where he completely renewed the religious community.

Royal tutor in the house of Wittelsbach

1797 finally asked the resident in Mannheim, Palatinate and Bavarian pretender Count Palatine Max Joseph about Sambuga may the religious education of his eldest son, the Crown Prince Ludwig - later King Ludwig I of Bavaria - take over. The priest proved to be very as tutor to the Crown Prince and became gradually the religious care of all his other siblings, including Princess Karoline Auguste, later to become Empress of Austria, Princess Sophie, the mother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Princess Marie Anna, later Queen of Saxony and Princess Ludovica, mother of the legendary Austrian Empress Elisabeth, called " Sissi".

Elector Karl Theodor died in 1799 in Munich and Max Count Palatine Joseph had family there to move to take up its successor as palatinate - Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph. In 1806 he was proclaimed as Max I Joseph of Bavaria's first king. Joseph Anton Sambuga moved in 1799 together with the royal family to Munich. In 1801 he was - because of the great distance - his since 1797 still nominally retained pastorate in Herrnsheim on and made sure that she was also legally, later pastor of Green City transferred to the highly esteemed by him, old administrator Gabriel Hagspiel.

Ecclesiastic Council Sambuga, who would later become King Ludwig I and his siblings influenced religious, died on June 5, 1815 in Nymphenburg Castle in Munich. The grave stone Sambugas at the Munich Winthirfriedhof donated King Ludwig I of Bavaria and let it set the beautiful maxim: " Joseph Sambuga, Virtue 's image, the priest blameless, created by Maximilian Joseph to form the King of Bavaria, his princely family, in spirit of virtue and wisdom. "

Fame

There are over Joseph Anton Sambuga miscellaneous writings and he himself operated eagerly as a religious writer. Discussed and quoted it is also abundant in many biographies about the contemporary Wittelsbach. Bishop Johann Michael Sailer of Regensburg in 1816 wrote the most famous biography of him: " Joseph Anton Sambuga As he was Parteylosen connoisseurs retold. . ." Are time - and culture- historically interesting the posthumously published letters of the clergy.

The church historian Celestine Wolf Gruber writes in 1893 in his biography of Empress Karoline Auguste, regarding Sambuga:

" A special impact on the princess had the former court preacher Joseph Anton Sambuga. The Catholic priest took a theology of revelation and advocated a life of faith. This influence of ideal and conscientious educator, which moreover shown great teaching talent, and her office - in the words of Sambuga - as a ' holy intercourse with the pupil ' auffaßten, stayed with Caroline Augusta up in her old age noticeable and effective and she was fundamentally serious for their endeavor to procure as the Austrian empress children and young noble, wise and well-meaning teachers and educators and to support the affairs of the Christian Schools magnanimous. " "

In the education of the children of Joseph Prince Anton Sambuga worked closely with the Councillor Louise Weyland ( 1758-1837 ).

In Sambugas birthplace Walldorf there is a " Sambuga - school " and a " Sambugaweg ".

Works

  • Protection of speech for the celibacy of the clergy, Mannheim 1771
  • History of the life and virtues of St. Vincent de Paula, Mannheim 1773
  • Something to calm the good Catholics because of the religious actions of the Lord Peter trunks (anonymous) 1781
  • The unmasked Catholic, to distant calming the true Catholics (anonymous) 1781
  • Prayer Book for the use of Catholic Christians, Mannheim 1787
  • Teaching on the Holy Mass for the small youth, Munich 1798
  • Morning and Evening Prayers for young clergyman. An appendix to the priest at the altar, o.o. 1800
  • Sermon on the feast day of St. Francis Xavier, Munich 1801
  • Examination for introduction to writing: " New Earth and New Heaven ", Regensburg 1801
  • On the celebration of the first Communion of Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Munich 1802
  • Sermon on the order of knights feast of St. George in 1801, Munich 1802
  • About the philosophism that threatens our age, Munich 1805
  • The messenger of the gods, the new German Mercury, striking humanness ... 1805
  • On the necessity of improvement, 2 Tle, Munich 1808
  • Inquiry into the nature of the Church, (anonymous) Linz ( Munich) 1809
  • The devil, a New Year gift, Munich 1810
  • On the celebration of the first Communion of Duke Charles of Bavaria, Munich 1810
  • The priest at the altar of the Lord, 2nd ed Munich 1815
  • Prayer Book for Catholic Christians, Munich 1816
  • Exquisite letters, mostly written by clerics. Next to several short essays, * fragments and Excerpten from the estate of the departed written, ed. v. Karl Klein and Franz Stapf, 2 parts, Munich in 1818 and 1819
  • Collection of various thoughts on various subjects from the estate of the late Franz v. Stapf, Munich 1818
  • Sermons on Sundays and feast days, the friends of the spent communicated by Karl Klein, Mannheim 1822
  • Exquisite letters for the instruction and edification for everyone. Excellent for clergy, ed. I. Aigner, Munich 1829
  • The priest at the altar, a New Year gift for himself and his brethren, Pest 1831
  • Speeches and Essays, ed. by Johann Baptist Schmitter -Hug, Lindau 1834.
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