LEIB, KILIAN. - Regular canon, polemicist and annalist, b. at Ochsenfurt (Franconia) on 23 Feb. 1471, d. at Rebdorf on 16 July 1553. After completing his studies at Schweinfurt and Eichstätt, he entered in 1486 the Institute of Rebdorf, which was attached to the Congregation of Windesheim. He deepened his knowledge of Sacred Scripture, of the Fathers and of the Oriental languages, so much so that he was regarded by J. Eck (d. 1543) and J. Cochlaus (d. 1552) as an authority on biblical questions.
Prior at Schamhauptnen in 1499 and at Rebdorf from 1503, he directed the Institute for half a century amid the difficult circumstances created by the peasants' revolt, by famine and by plague. He opposed the penetration of Lutheran novelties into Eichstätt.
Of his works the most notable is Annales (part 1 [1502-23]), edited by J. Ehr. F. von Aretin, in Beiträge zur Geschichte und Literatur, VII, Munich 1806, p. 535
ff.; part 2 [1524-48], edited by Döllinger, in Beiträge zur Geschicht. der sechzehnten Jahrh., II, Regensburg 1863, p. 445 ff.). In them there is a notable contribution to the history of his troubled time concerning the attitude of Catholics toward the Lutheran movement.
Bibliography2 worksA. Straus, Viri insigne, quae Eichstadium vel gemut, vel almt, Eichstätt 1799, p. 261 ff.; F. Heidingsfelder, s. v. in LThK, VI (1934), col.
BIBL.: A. Straus, Viri insigne, quae Eichstadium vel gemut, vel almt, Eichstätt 1799, p. 261 ff.; F. Heidingsfelder, s. v. in LThK, VI (1934), col. 459 f.
Felice da Mareto. “Leib, kilian.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 1084–1085. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/leib-kilian.
MLA
Felice da Mareto. “Leib, kilian.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 1084–1085. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/leib-kilian.
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@incollection{ec7_leib_kilian,
author = {Felice da Mareto},
title = {Leib, kilian},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1084--1085},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/leib-kilian}
}
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