Pez, Hieronymus#
b. Ybbs (Lower Austria), Feb. 24, 1685, d. Melk (Lower Austria), Oct. 14, 1762, from 1703 Benedictine in Melk, brother of Bernhard Pez. Initially grammar school teacher. 1735-1739 librarian, 1753 member of the "Societas literaria Germano Benedictina" and 1761 of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. On study trips with his brother Bernhard compiled collections which became a valuable source of information on Austrian history.
Works#
Acta sancti Colomanni, 1713 (ed.); Scriptores rerum Austriacarum, 3 vols., 1721-1745 (ed.); Historia sancti Leopoldi Austriae Marchionis ..., 1747.Literature#
J.and M. Niederkorn-Bruck, Hochbarocke Geschichtsschreibung in Melk, in: 900 Jahre Benediktiner in Melk, exhibition catalogue, Melk 1989.