For secular homonyms, see the noble family Dalberg

University Fulda (Today: von-Dalberg-Schule)

Adolphus von Dalberg (29 May 1678 - 3 November 1737) was a German Benedictine Prince-Abbot of Fulda Abbey and founder of the former university in the same city. Dalberg is the name of an ancient and distinguished German noble family derived from the hamlet and castle (now in ruins of Dalberg or Dalburg near Kreuznach in Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This article concerns Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict see also Benedictine Confederation and Benedictine. A Prince-abbot is a cleric who is a Prince of the church (like a prince-bishop in the sense of an ex officio temporal lord of a feudal entity known as prince-abbacy Fulda (ˈfʊlda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district ( Kreis

Biography

Adolphus von Dalberg, born into a long-established noble family of southern Germany, after holding the office of provost at Celle in Hanover for some years, was elected Prince-Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Fulda in 1724. A provost is a senior official in a number of Christian churches Celle (ˈtsɛlə is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen This article concerns Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict see also Benedictine Confederation and Benedictine. Fulda (ˈfʊlda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district ( Kreis

Though he was not a bishop, Dalberg had quasi-episcopal jurisdiction on the territory belonging to the abbey and held a diocesan synod in 1729. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Ecclesiastical jurisdiction in its primary sense does not signify Jurisdiction over ecclesiastics ("church leadership" but jurisdiction exercised by church leaders This privilege of quasi-episcopal jurisdiction was granted to the abbots of Fulda by Pope Zachary in 751.

Dalberg spared no pains to improve the Roman Catholic educational facilities of Fulda. Its once famous school, which had suffered severely during the religious upheaval of the sixteenth century, had regained some of its ancient prestige by the united efforts of the Jesuits and Benedictines. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Dalberg hoped to restore in all its splendour the ancient seat of learning which had made Fulda world-renowned during the Middle Ages.

With this end in view he founded a university at Fulda which came to be known after his own name as the Alma Adolphina. The faculties of philosophy and theology he formed by united the two existing schools of the Jesuits and the Benedictines; for the new faculties of jurisprudence and medicine he engaged other professors. Pope Clement XII granted the charter of foundation on 1 July 1732, and Emperor Charles VI, the charter of confirmation on 12 March 1733. See Corsini for other uses of that name Pope Clement XII ( April 7, 1652 &ndash February 6, "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles VI (German Karl VI) ( October 1, 1685 &ndash October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The solemn inauguration of the university took place on 19 September 1733. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

Adolphus von Dalberg died on 3 November 1737 at Hammelburg in Lower Franconia. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Hammelburg is a town in the district of Bad Kissingen, in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Lower Franconia (Unterfranken is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria (seven regions Germany (22 regions in five

His foundation, the Adolphina, was however not destined to be of long duration. After the suppression of the Jesuit Order by Pope Clement XIV in 1773 the university came entirely into the hands of the Benedictines, who were finally obliged to discontinue it in 1805, in consequence of the Napoleonic secularization of Fulda Abbey in 1802. Pope Clement XIV ( 31 October 1705 &ndash 22 September 1774) born Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, was Pope from Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Secularization or secularisation generally refers to the process of transformation by which a Society migrates from close identification with religious institutions

Sources

• "Adolphus von Dalberg". Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.  

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