Andreas Schmid (theologian)
Andreas Schmid (born January 9, 1840 in Zaumberg (today Immenstadt im Allgäu ), † April 23, 1911 in Munich ) was a Catholic priest and theologian.
biography
Andreas Schmid was born as the youngest child of the farmers Joseph Anton Schmid and Anna Maria geb. Käser († 1840), in Zaumberg. His older brother was the priest and theologian Alois Schmid . This taught u. a. at the grammar schools in Zweibrücken and Dillingen , where Andreas Schmid was one of his students.
From 1860 Andreas Schmid studied in Munich, from 1861–1863 he was an alumne of the Georgianum seminary and in 1863 was ordained a priest.
Initially a chaplain in Ettringen (Wertach) , the new priest came to Dillingen in 1864 in the same function. In 1865 he advanced to the 1865 sub-rain of the Georgianum Munich, in 1866 he received his doctorate.
From 1876 until his retirement in 1909 he was director of the Georgianum and also set up the historical collection there. He has taught pastoral theology , homiletics , liturgy and catechetics . From 1877 to 1909 he held the chair for liturgical science at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . As director of the Georgianum and as a professor he succeeded Valentin Thalhofer (1825-1891). Eduard Weigl (1869–1960) was his own successor in these offices.
Like his ennobled brother Alois, Andreas Schmid was buried in Immenstadt.
Andreas Schmid wrote numerous theological and church history works. Alois Schmid (1854–1911), a member of the Reichstag, was his nephew.
Works (selection)
- The altar and its jewelry , Regensburg, 1871
- Ceremoniale clericorum , Kempten, 1878
- Christian symbols from early Christian and medieval times , Schrobenhausen, 1891
- Life sketch Dr. Valentin Thalhofer , Kempten, 1892
- History of the Georgianum , Munich, 1894
- Collection of religious sayings for church buildings and ecclesiastical objects , 1899
- Biography Dr. Alois von Schmid , 1911
literature
- Rüdiger vom Bruch : Schmid, Andreas. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 682 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- PDF document from the University of Munich on Andreas Schmid
- Website about Immenstadt, with a picture of the graves of Andreas and Alois Schmid (Chapter: Immenstadt Cemetery)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Weiß: "Schmid, Alois Ritter von" , in: Neue Deutsche Biographie , Volume 23, 2007, pages 141–142
Matthew Fingerless (1806–1814) | Johann Peter Roider (1815–1820) | Georg Friedrich Wiedemann (1821–1842) | Franz Xaver Dirnberger (1842–1855) | Karl Borromäus Thumann (1855–1863) | Valentin Thalhofer (1863–1876) | Andreas Schmid (1877–1909) | Eduard Weigl (1909–1946) | Joseph Pascher (1946–1960) | Walter Dürig (1960–1980) | Reiner Kaczynski (1980-2005) | Winfried Haunerland (since 2005)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmid, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German, Catholic clergyman and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zaumberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1911 |
| Place of death | Munich |