sentences:  He was ordained into the priesthood by the Bishop of Eichstätt, and said his first Holy Mass on Pentecost Sunday, June 12, 1639 in the Church of Our Lady of Victory, at Ingolstadt.He exercised his priestly functions at this place for some time and was soon much sought after as a confessor.In the meantime, he attended lectures at the university and was declared licentiate of theology on June 14, 1640.