Ambrosius Eßer
Ambrosius Eßer OP , also Ambrosius Eszer , (* as Klaus Eßer on November 19, 1932 in Düsseldorf , † April 12, 2010 in Berlin ) was a German religious and church historian .
Life
Eßer entered the novitiate of the Dominican Order in 1952 and was ordained a priest in 1959 . He was since 1964 member of the Historical Institute of the Dominicans in Rome and was at the Pontifical Gregorian University for Dr. scient. eccl. orient. PhD .
Since the 1970s he was in Rome as a professor of Eastern Church History at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas . He was committed to the Roman Institute of the Görres Society at Campo Santo Teutonico , of which he was director from 1972 to 1975.
Ambrosius Eßer has also worked for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints of the Roman Curia since 1983 , since 1990 its general relator ( Relator generalis Congregationis de Causis Sanctorum ). The general relator's task is to prepare the beatification and canonization processes and to evaluate the necessary process acts. He was succeeded in 2009 by Vincenzo Criscuolo OFMCap . Eßer has supervised important beatification proceedings, including those of Clemens August Graf von Galen , Sr. Maria Restituta , Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann , Emperor Karl I and Franz Jägerstätter .
In 1992 he was accepted into the Order of Malta as Honorary Conventual Chaplain of the Grand Priory of Austria .
He died of complications from a lung disease. His estate is in the archives of the Dominican Province of Teutonia.
honors and awards
- 1973 Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1985 Commander's Cross of the Papal Order of Knights of St. Gregory the Great
- 1987 Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1996 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 2008 Great Silver Decoration of the Republic of Austria
- 2008 Order of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
Fonts
- Giovanni Giuliani da Lucca OP Research on his life and his writings . In: Archivum Fratrum Praedicatorum Vol. 37 (1967) pp. 353-468
- The adventurous life of Johannes Laskaris Kalopheros. Research on the history of East-West relations in the 14th century . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1969 (= dissertation)
- The chapter acts of the southern German order province "Saxonia" of the Dominicans . In Archivum Fratrum Praedicatorum Vol. 55 (1985) pp. 275-338
- Martin of Tours, an unknown saint . Kanisius-Verlag Freiburg i. Ü. / Konstanz 1992, ISBN 3-85764-359-5
- Brother Eustachius Kugler . Johann-von-Gott-Verlag Munich 1993
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article: Vincenzo Criscuolo replaces Ambrosius Eßer as general relator from October 13, 2008 on Orden accessed online on October 13, 2008
- ↑ Michael Dillmann: Eszer (Eßer), Ambrosius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 32, Bautz, Nordhausen 2011, ISBN 978-3-88309-615-5 , Sp. 345-354.
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
Web links
- Literature by and about Ambrosius Eßer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary on the website of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society with picture ( memento from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eater, Ambrose |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eßer, Klaus (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Dominican and church historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 2010 |
| Place of death | Berlin |