Anton Maria Kobolt (16 November 1752 in

Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (; Austro-Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an Independent city#Germany, independent city on the Danube, in Upper Bavaria, with 142,308 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2023). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan ...

– 28 November 1826 in

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), oftentimes erroneously spelled ''Kobold'', was a German Roman Catholic priest and historian.

Biography

Kobolt was born to an officer. He began attending a school in Ingolstadt from 1764 until he went to the Jesuit College of Burghausen in 1764. He studied in the college until 1773, mainly philosophy in the last year. In 1773, he started studying philosophy at the

University of Ingolstadt The University of Ingolstadt was founded in 1472 by Louis the Rich, the Duke of Bavaria at the time, and its first Chancellor was the Bishop of Eichstätt. It consisted of four faculties: theology, law, artes liberales and medicine, all of w ...

, eventually graduating as a '' Dr. phil.'' Then he studied theology as well as civil and canon law at Ingolstadt. He was ordained to priesthood on March 29, 1777 in

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. Kobolt was appointed a

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to the Altötting Collegial Monastery through an

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decree dated 29 April 1777. He assumed this position in 1778. He remained in Altötting until his death. He was appointed a member of the

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in 1795 or 1810.Kobolt became a member of the Academy in 1795 according to Baader, in 1810 according to the Academy's data.

Published works (selection)

* ''Baierisches Gelehrten-Lexikon: worinn alle Gelehrte Baierns und der obern Pfalz, ohne Unterschied der Stände und Religion, welche bis auf das XVIII. Jahrhundert und zwar bis zum Ausgange des Jahrs 1724. daselbst gelebt und geschrieben haben, mit ihren sowohl gedruckten als noch ungedruckten Schriften nach alphabetischer Ordnung beschrieben und enthalten sind''. Landshut: Hagen, 1795
online
** ''Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen zum Baierischen Gelehrten-Lexikon.'' Landshut: Storno, 1825
online

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kobolt, Anton Maria 18th-century German Roman Catholic priests 19th-century German Roman Catholic priests 18th-century German historians 19th-century German historians Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences People from Altötting People from Ingolstadt 1752 births 1826 deaths