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David Gregor Corner
German abbot · Germany · On the map · Academics · Lived 1587 to 1648 · aged 61
David Gregor Corner was a German Benedictine abbot, hymn writer and theologian best known for his influential 1631 Gross Catholisches Gesängbuch. Born in Hirschberg, Germany, he studied theology at Prague, Graz and Vienna, where he earned a doctorate. He became a pastor in Retz in 1614.
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In 1628 he became a novice monk at Göttweig Abbey. By 1636, Corner was the abbot of Göttweig, where he became a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation, and was made Rector of the University of Vienna in 1638. He died 9 January 1648 at Göttweig.
