Editing Eusebius Amort (section)

==Life==
Amort was born at Bibermuhle, near [[Tolz]], in Upper [[Bavaria]].  He studied at [[Munich]], and at an early age joined the [[Canons Regular]] at [[Polling Abbey|Polling]], where, shortly after his ordination in 1717, he taught theology and [[philosophy]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=876}}
The [[Parnassus Boicus]] learned society was based on a plan started in 1720 by three Augustinian fathers: Eusebius Amort, Gelasius Hieber (1671–1731), a famous preacher in the [[German language]] and Agnellus Kandler (1692–1745), a genealogist and librarian. The initial plans fell through, but in 1722 they issued the first volume of the ''Parnassus Boicus'' journal, covering topics in the arts and sciences.{{sfn|Blackall|1954|p=98}}

An academy formed by him at Polling became in time the model on which was based the Academy of Sciences of Munich.<ref name=Shahan>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01434a.htm Shahan, Thomas. "Eusebius Amort." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 5 July 2023 {{PD-notice}}</ref>

In 1733 Amort went to [[Rome]] as theologian to [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Niccolo Maria Lercari (died 1757).
He returned to Polling in 1735 and devoted the rest of his life to the revival of learning in Bavaria.  He died at Polling in 1775.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=876}}