Placidus Böcken [SEP] date of birth
Placidus Böcken
Placidus Böcken (or Böckhn) (13 July 1690 – 9 February 1752) was a German Benedictine canon lawyer, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salzburg.
Life.
Böcken was born in Munich, in Bavaria. He entered the Order of St. Benedict at an early age, made his religious profession at the Abbey of St. Peter, Salzburg, in 1706, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1713. Having been made a Doctor of Canon and Civil Law (1715), he
Placidus
Placidus is Latin for "placid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful" and can refer to:
- Flavius Arcadius Placidus Magnus Felix (480–511), Consul of Rome
- Placidus de Titis (also de Titus, Latinization of Placido de Titi, 1603–1668), astrologer
- Placidus Böcken (1690–1752), German Benedictine canon lawyer, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salzburg
- Placidus Braun (1756–1829), Bavarian Benedictine priest, historian and archivist
- Placidus Fixlmillner