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Pez (Petz), Hieronymus

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Also known as: German: Franz Philipp Pez

PEZ (PETZ), HIERONYMUS. - In the world Franz Philipp, younger brother of Bernhard and his assistant and continuator, b. 24 Feb. 1685 at Ybbs, entered Melk in 1703, where he d. 14 Oct. 1762. After his studies in Vienna, he was a professor in the abbey gymnasium, master of novices, subprior and, after his brother's death (1735) until his own death, librarian. He was chiefly interested in Austrian history, publishing, among many other works: Scriptores rerum austriacorum (3 vols., Leipzig-Regensburg 1721-45), still useful; Acta s. Colomanni (1713) and Historia s. Leopoldi, Austriae marchionis (1747).

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BIBL.: E. Wurzbach, s. v. in Österr. Biogr. Lexikon. XXII; F. Krones, s. v. in Allg. deutsche Biographie, XXV; E. Katschthaler, Über B. P. und dessen Briefwechsel, Melk, 1889; P. Séjourné, s. v. in DThC, XII (1933), coll. 1356-65.

Giuseppe Löw

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1309.

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Lów, Giuseppe. “Pez (Petz), hieronymus.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1309. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/pez-petz-hieronymus.

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Lów, Giuseppe. “Pez (Petz), hieronymus.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1309. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/pez-petz-hieronymus.

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  author    = {Lów, Giuseppe},
  title     = {Pez (Petz), hieronymus},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1309},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/pez-petz-hieronymus}
}

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