Francis Mezger


Francis Mezger was an Austrian Benedictine academic and writer, of St. Peter's Archabbey, Salzburg.

Life

Mezger was born at Ingolstadt. He took vows in 1651, and was ordained priest in 1657. He taught philosophy at the University of Salzburg in 1659, and became regent of the convictus and secretary of the university in 1661. He taught philosophy again from 1663 to 1665; and then moral theology until 1668.
From 1669 to 1688 he taught various branches at the Bavarian monastery of Ettal and at his own monastery. From 1688 until his death he was master of novices and director of clerics at his monastery. He died at Salzburg.
He wrote the following philosophical treatises:
The following are some of his translations: