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Rettenbacher, Simon auch S. RettenpacherRettenbacher, Simon (also S. Rettenpacher), b. Aigen near Salzburg, Oct. 19, 1634, d. Kremsmünster (Upper Austria), May 10, 1706, chronicler, composer, poet (Latin and German). Main representative of Benedictine Instructional Religious Plays; 1671-1675 teacher of ethics and history and director of the university theatre in Salzburg, then librarian in Kremsmünster. 1689-1705 priest in Fischlham. Works: hist. writing: Annales monasterii Cremifanensis, 1677. - Dramas: Demetrius, 1672; Atys, 1673; Perseus, 1674; Ulysses, 1680; Candor triumphans, 1699. - About 6,000 Latin poems; patriotic poetry; 100 German rhymed poems. - Edition: Oden und Epoden, ed. by B. Wintersteller, 1995 (Latin and German). Literature: H. Pfanner, Das dramat. Werk S. R., doctoral thesis, Innsbruck 1954; A. Klinglmair, Die Satiren von S. R., doctoral thesis, Graz 1967.
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