Johann Ludwig Schönleben

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Johann Ludwig Schönleben
Janez Ludvik Schönleben.jpg
BornNovember 16, 1618
Laibach, Carniola, (now Ljubljana, Slovenia)
DiedOctober 15, 1681
Laibach, Carniola, (now Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Known forHistorian
Parent(s)Ljudevit Schonleben and Suzane Kušlan

Johann Ludwig Schönleben (November 16, 1618 – October 15, 1681; Slovene: Janez Ludvik, Latin: Joannis Ludovici) was a Carniolan priest, rhetorician, and historian.

Schönleben was born in Ljubljana, the son of the politician Ludwig Schönleben and his wife Suzane Kušlan.[1] The family originally stemmed from Württemberg.[2] He attended the Jesuit college in Ljubljana and joined the order on October 15, 1635.[1] Schönleben studied in Vienna, Graz, and Passau. He left the Jesuit order in 1653, received a doctorate in Padua, and then returned to Ljubljana.[1]

Schönleben was a well-known rhetorician and some of his speeches were also published. He was important in theology as a proponent of the Immaculate Conception. As a historian, he wrote a series of genealogies of Carniolan noble families. His most important work was Carniolia antiqua et nova (Carniola Old and New; Ljubljana, 1681). He was the teacher of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor.[3]

Schönleben died in Ljubljana and was buried in St. James's Church.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Slovenska biografija: Janez Ludvik Schönleben
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Richter, Franz Xav. 1817. Ein Beytrag zum gelehrten Österreich aus Krain. Archiv für Geographie, Historie, Staats- und Kriegskunde 78 (30 June): 314–320.
  3. ^ Palladino, Irmgard, & Maria Bidovec. 2008. Johann Weichard von Valvasor (1641–1693): Ein Protagonist der Wissenschaftsrevolution der Frühen Neuzeit. Leben, Werk und Nachlass. Vienna: Böhlau, p. 48.
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