Oliver Legipont
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Oliver Legipont was a German Benedictine
bibliographer.
, he proceeded for higher studies to Cologne
. There he entered the abbey of Great St. Martin, received the priesthood on 22 May 1723, and took the degree of Licentiate
in 1728.
He was commissioned to examine and put in order numerous libraries. His life was practically a succession of journeys, from one library to another.
He was instrumental in the erection of a Benedictine college in the University of Heidelberg.
Oliver Legipont was also member of the first learned society
in Habsburg Monarchy, the Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis
, which was publishing the first scientific journal of the monarchy, to which Legipont was also contributing.
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...
bibliographer.
Life
Having received his early education from the Franciscans at VerviersVerviers
Verviers is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. The Verviers municipality includes the old communes of Ensival, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Heusy...
, he proceeded for higher studies to Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. There he entered the abbey of Great St. Martin, received the priesthood on 22 May 1723, and took the degree of Licentiate
Licentiate
Licentiate is the title of a person who holds an academic degree called a licence. The term may derive from the Latin licentia docendi, meaning permission to teach. The term may also derive from the Latin licentia ad practicandum, which signified someone who held a certificate of competence to...
in 1728.
He was commissioned to examine and put in order numerous libraries. His life was practically a succession of journeys, from one library to another.
He was instrumental in the erection of a Benedictine college in the University of Heidelberg.
Oliver Legipont was also member of the first learned society
Learned society
A learned society is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline/profession, as well a group of disciplines. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honor conferred by election, as is the case with the oldest learned societies,...
in Habsburg Monarchy, the Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis
Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis
Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis was the first learned society in the lands under control of Austrian Habsburgs. It was established, formally, in 1746 at the university and episcopal town of Olomouc in order to spread Enlightenment ideas...
, which was publishing the first scientific journal of the monarchy, to which Legipont was also contributing.
Works
Most of his writings remained unedited. Among the printed works are:- his edition of Magnoald ZiegelbauerMagnoald ZiegelbauerMagnoald Ziegelbauer was a Benedictine monk and an ecclesiastical historian.-Life:He took vows at the Benedictine monastery of Zwiefalten on 21 November 1707, where he was ordained priest on 21 March 1713 and where he became professor of theology...
's "Historia rei litterariæ ord. Sti. Benedicti" (1754-); - "Monasticum Moguntiacum" (Prague, 1746);
- "Dissertationes philologico-bibliographicæ" (Nuremberg, 1747),
- "Itinerarium peregrinationis nobilis" (Augsburg, 1751; the same also in Spanish, Valencia, 1759).