Hugo Brandenburg

Hugo Brandenburg (born July 13, 1929 in Berlin ) is a German Christian archaeologist . His scientific focus is on the study of late antique sarcophagi and early Christian Rome.

Scientific career

After graduating from high school in Leipzig , Brandenburg studied Classical Philology and Classical Archeology at the University of Bonn and the University of Cologne . In 1962 he was in Cologne with a dissertation Studies on Mitra . Contributions to the history of weapons and costume for Dr. phil. PhD. He then worked at the Franz Joseph Dölger Institute in Bonn before receiving the travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute in 1963/64 and since 1965 as a consultant for early Christian archeology at the Rome department of the German Archaeological Institute . In 1972 he completed his habilitation at the University of Cologne with a thesis on late antique sarcophagus sculpture. Since the winter semester 1982/83 he was professor for “Classical Archeology with special consideration of Late Antiquity ” at the Archaeological Seminar of the University of Münster . Here in 1993 he founded the subject of "Early Christian Archeology" as an independent subject within the Philosophical Faculty. In 1994 he retired .

His main areas of research include the monuments and testimonies of the centuries of transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages and deal with the late antique sarcophagus sculpture, the topography of the catacombs and the early Christian church buildings, especially in Rome. He devoted a long-term research project to the archaeological survey of the early Christian church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome. In doing so, he takes into account the early Christian communities in their world of ideas shaped by the antique-pagan living environment and thus makes a contribution to the interpretation of individual monuments and to clarifying the formation and development of a Christian art. The original monuments are always in the foreground.

Brandenburg continues to conduct research colloquia at the University of Münster and is co-editor of the trade journal Boreas and is working on the provision of architectural models that document the results of his extensive building research. In 2000 he started a major project to research the architecture and architectural sculpture of the Roman basilica Saint Paul Outside the Walls .

Brandenburg is a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and a full member of the Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia . In 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archeology for his services to the study of the Christian ancient monuments of Rome . His book The Early Christian Church Buildings of Rome , published in several languages in 2004, is one of the standard works.

Publications

Rome's early Christian basilicas of the 4th century (Heyne Stilkunde Volume 14). Heyne Verlag, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-453-41255-9 .
Archeologia Cristiana . In: Dizionario patristico e di antichità cristiane . Volume 1. Casale Monferato 1983, pp. 317-330.
with József Pál: Santo Stefano Rotondo in Roma. Archeology, building research, history . Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 3-89500-131-7 .
The early Christian churches of Rome from the 4th to the 7th centuries. The beginning of western church architecture . Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Regensburg 2004. 2nd edition 2005, ISBN 3-7954-1656-6 (on this review by Monika Schuol (Berlin) [1] ).

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SURNAME	Brandenburg, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Christian archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin