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Seipel, Ignaz
Austrian priest, statesman; b. Vienna, July 19, 1876;d.
Ignaz seipel biography for kids
Pernitz, Lower Austria, Aug. 2, 1932. After ordination (1899) he gained a doctorate in theology (1903) and became professor of moral theology in Salzburg (1909) and Vienna (1917). A student and disciple of the social theorist and moral theologian Franz Schindler, he served as minister for social welfare in the last imperial cabinet, that of Heinrich Lammasch (1918), and as a member of the constitutional convention (1919).
As leader of the Christian Social party from 1921, he was chancellor five times (1922–24, 1926–29).
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After the monarchy's downfall (November 1918) Seipel played a decisive role in creating a new state without bloodshed or strife and prevented a split of the Christian Social party into monarchial and republican wings. Along with Cardinal Piffi, Archbishop of Vienna (1913–32), Seipel was the outstanding Catholic opponent of Austrian Marxism's anti-religious propaganda.
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