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German: Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg
STOLBERG, FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD. - Poet, b. at Bramstedt (Holstein) on 7 Nov. 1750, d. at Sondermühle near Osnabrück on 5 Dec. 1819.
Together with his brother Christian (b. 1748), who shared his poetic passion, he studied at Halle and at Göttingen, entering that circle of poets and cultivated men (Göttinger Hain) which was beginning to struggle against the arid rationalism of the Aufklärung, inspired by Klopstock, and in the spirit of Sturm und Drang. Having closed his youthful years as a poet with a journey together with Goethe (1776), he held political offices, which he left after his conversion to Catholicism (1800). He then devoted himself to historical and religious studies, contributing, like a Sailer and a Schlegel, albeit within more modest limits, to the Catholic renewal.
Bibliography3 worksin addition to the collected works, in 20 vols., Hamburg 1820-25, and to the biography by Janssen (4th ed., edited by L. Pastor, Freiburg 19
BIBL.: in addition to the collected works, in 20 vols., Hamburg 1820-25, and to the biography by Janssen (4th ed., edited by L. Pastor, Freiburg 1910), see the Briefe F. L. S. u. der Seinigen an Voss, Münster 1891; I. Cardanus, F. L. S., München-Gladbach 1920, and the bibliography of the entry ROMANTICISMO; J. Droz, L'Allemagne et la révolution française, Paris 1949, see index.
Ettore Passerin
JOSEPH, his son, b. on 12 Aug. 1804 at Lutkenbeck near Münster, d. on 5 Apr. 1859 at Tournai, was an eminent representative of German Catholicism.
He entered the Society of Jesus in 1824, but, terrified at the prospect of the responsibility of the priesthood, he renounced the ecclesiastical life in 1833. Having established himself among the leaders of the Catholic movement in northern Germany, he presided in Oct. 1849 at Regensburg over the third General Assembly of German Catholics. On that occasion Döllinger proposed the founding of the Society of St. Boniface and S. was designated as its president. For the success of the new association S. immediately displayed intense activity. In the same winter of 1849-50 he paid visits to the German bishops to obtain their collaboration, which was assured to him without hesitation. He furthermore promoted the establishment of diocesan associations, dependent on the central seat at Paderborn. He likewise gave his support to the popular missions of the Jesuits.
BibliographyH. Brück, Gesch. der kath. Kirche in Deutschland im 19. Jahr., III, Mainz 1896, passim.
BIBL.: H. Brück, Gesch. der kath. Kirche in Deutschland im 19. Jahr., III, Mainz 1896, passim.
Passerin, Ettore, and Silvio Furlani. “Stolberg, friedrich leopold.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, coll. 1373–1374. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/stolberg-friedrich-leopold.
MLA
Passerin, Ettore, and Silvio Furlani. “Stolberg, friedrich leopold.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1373–1374. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/stolberg-friedrich-leopold.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec11_stolberg_friedrich_leopold,
author = {Passerin, Ettore and Furlani, Silvio},
title = {Stolberg, friedrich leopold},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XI},
pages = {1373--1374},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/stolberg-friedrich-leopold}
}
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