Bernhard Anton Sirch

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Bernhard Anton Sirch OSB (born April 26, 1943 in Günzburg ; † February 11, 2013 in Illschwang ) was a German Benedictine and publisher .

Life

Bernhard Sirch spent his childhood and youth in Krumbach, Augsburg and Bobingen . The oldest brother is a Benedictine in St. Ottilien (brother Gerold OSB). The sister (Sr. Sofie OP) is Dominican . After the humanistic grammar school, he entered the Archabbey of St. Ottilien . He studied philosophy in St. Ottilien and theology in Munich . On June 22, 1973 he received his doctorate as Dr. theol. with Walter Dürig at the University of Munich with the topic The Origin of the Episcopal Miter and Papal Tiara .

On July 19, 1970 he was ordained a priest and served through pastoral care, especially in the diocese of Augsburg and in the Landsberg correctional facility . from January 15, 1972 to July 22, 1993 was director of the EOS publishing house . From 1974 to July 1982 he was the boarding school director of the apprentice seminar in St. Ottilien as a state-recognized educator. For his youth work, he acquired the gold performance badge of the watchtower and the basic license for windsurfing. From 1977 to 1994 he was the parish representative in Rottach-Egern . From March 5, 1994 he was pastor in Achenkirch and Expositus in Hinterriß , Diocese of Innsbruck . In 2009 it belonged to the St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Benedictine Abbey in Vomp in Tyrol . He gave lectures at Radio Maria Austria and provided weekly impulses for readings and the Gospel of the upcoming Sunday to the internet newspaper Kath.net from the first Sunday in Advent in 2010 to the second Sunday in Advent in 2012.

Fonts (selection)

  • The origin of the episcopal miter and papal tiara (= Church historical sources and studies. Volume 8). EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 2013, ISBN 3-920289-57-9 (also dissertation, Munich 1973, excerpt: Tiara. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswwissenschaft (RE). Supplementary volume XIV, Stuttgart 1974, Sp. 786–794. ).
  • Oh God, come to my aid. The Perpetual Prayer at Johannes Cassianus . EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 1983, ISBN 3-88096-159-X .
  • with Julius Franz Tschudy: The holy Ottilie. Your life and your worship. With a special section: Ottilien Chapel of Emming, the origin of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Ottilien . EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 1989, ISBN 3-88096-744-X .
  • Memorandum of the unborn . EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 1992, ISBN 3-88096-655-9 .
  • The most beautiful Marian prayers . EOS-Verlag, Sankt Ottilien 2010, ISBN 978-3-8306-4105-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Sirch, Bernhard Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sirch, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Gunzburg
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 2013
Place of death Illschwang