Benedikt Baur

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Benedikt Baur OSB (* 9. December 1877 in quantities as Charles Borromeo Baur ; † 10. November 1963 in Beuron ) was a German Benedictine and professor of theology . He was the 5th Archabbot of the Archabbey of Beuron .

Life

Baur joined in 1897 the Congregation of Benedictines in Beuron in, put on 5 October 1898 there profession , and received the priestly ordination on 20 September 1903. In 1904 he was in Rome to Dr. theol. PhD . From 1905 to 1913 he taught dogmatics and canon law at the Theological College in Beuron . From 1907 to 1910 he was also prefect of the clergy there. From 1931 to 1938 he was a professor of dogmatics at the Roman religious college, the Papal Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo as well as in Salzburg and Einsiedeln.

In 1938 he was appointed subprior in Beuron and by Pope Pius XI. Appointed abbot in 1938. From January 18, 1938 to 1955 he was the fifth Archabbot of Beuron. The abbot's benediction took place on February 24, 1938 by Archbishop Conrad Gröber .

Baur did great services to the Archabbey of Beuron and the Beuron Congregation . He was mainly involved in liturgy and manuscript research and was the founder of the Vetus Latina Institute. Benedikt Baur was seen as an opponent of the Nazi regime .

He has published numerous works and writings on spiritual subjects that have appeared in several languages.

Fonts

  • Outline of Philosophy , 1919, together with Sigisbert Cavelti (OSB)
  • I am the vine You are the branches of the vine, Joh. 15.5: considerations at the feet of the tabernacle . Kösel, Munich 1920
  • Become light! - Liturgical considerations on Sundays and weekdays of the church year - Part 1: Advent and Christmas time . Herder, Freiburg 1938
  • Become light! - Liturgical reflections on Sundays and weekdays of the church year - III. Part: Easter festival group - The time after Pentecost . Herder, Freiburg 1937
  • Become light! - Liturgical considerations on Sundays and weekdays of the church year - Part II - Easter festival group . Herder, Freiburg 1940
  • Still with God: Thoughts for the hours of contemplation , Verlag Das Innere Leben 1940
  • The frequent confession - teachings, reflections and prayers for the frequent reception of the holy sacrament of penance . Herder, Freiburg 1946
  • Ave Maria: thoughts on the mystery of the virgin . Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1954
  • Cardinal Ildefons Schuster: A Life Picture . St. Gabriel-Verl., Mödling b. Vienna 1961
  • How do I pray the rosary . Beuroner Kunstverlag, Beuron 1963
  • Love knows no measure. The life of the venerable servant of God Ulrika Nisch, sister of the cross of Hegne . Edited by P. Maternus Eckardt OSB. Provincial House, Allensbach-Hegne 7th edition 1985

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predecessor Office successor
Raphael Waltz Archabbot of Beuron
1938–1955 		Benedict Reetz

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Beuron, 1863-1963: Festschrift for the centenary of the Archabbey of St. Martin”, Beuroner Kunstverlag 1963, page 461
  2. ↑ a b Birgit Lob: "Albert Schmitt OSB, Abbot in Grüssau and Wimpfen", Böhlau Verlag 2000, page 316
  3. ^ "Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, volumes 56-58", A. Pustet 1938, page 218
  4. ^ “Beuron, 1863-1963: Festschrift for the centenary of the Archabbey of St. Martin”, Beuroner Kunstverlag 1963, page 172
  5. ↑ a b Hubert Mohr: “Catholic Orders and German Imperialism”, Akademie-Verlag 1965, page 294
  6. ^ "Baden-Württemberg", Baden-Württembergische Verlagsanstalt 1963, page 33
  7. ↑ Bernd Ottnad: "Baden-Württembergische Biographien, Volume 4", W. Kohlhammer 2007, page 425
personal data
SURNAME Baur, Benedict
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baur, Karl Borromäus (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious, theologian, Archabbot of Beuron
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH amounts
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1963
Place of death Beuron