Bruno Griesser

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Bruno Griesser (born December 30, 1889 in Oetz ; † August 21, 1965 in Bregenz ) was an Austrian Cistercian and church historian .

life and work

Cistercians and priests

Joseph Griesser, son of a Tyrolean farmer, lost his mother a week after the birth. He attended the Vinzentinum grammar school in Brixen , then the Franziskanergymnasium in Hall in Tirol , which he graduated in 1909. After briefly studying theology in Innsbruck , following in the footsteps of his compatriot Kassian Haid , he entered the Cistercian territorial abbey Wettingen-Mehrerau near Bregenz in 1910 , accepted the religious name Bruno and made his solemn profession in May 1914 . On 28 June 1914 he received in Feldkirch the priesthood .

Pedagogue, librarian, prior and pastor. death

Until 1919 he studied ancient languages ​​at the University of Innsbruck and received his doctorate in 1918, but in the turmoil of the collapse he missed the excellence doctorate Sub auspiciis he actually deserved . In 1919 he was qualified to teach and taught at the Collegium Bernardi , which he headed from 1927 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1963 as director. During the period when the school and monastery were closed by the National Socialists , he was a pastor in Blons . In addition to the educational role, he was in charge of the monastery library. From 1945 to 1949 he was also prior of the convention. In 1963 he went to the Cistercian monastery of Magdenau as a confessor , suffered a stroke there in April 1965 and died a few months later in his home monastery at the age of 75.

Publicist and scientist

From 1939 to the discontinuation in 1941 and from 1947 to 1965 Griesser published the Cistercian Chronicle . On the basis of his ancient philological qualification, he worked his way into medieval studies and made significant contributions in the field of text editing and the history of the order.

Honors

In 1949 Griesser was awarded the honorary title of Hofrat . In 1956 he received the Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . In 1962, the Law Faculty of the University of Innsbruck awarded him an honorary doctorate .

Works (selection)

  • Contributions to the text history of the Expositio IV Evangeliorum of Ps.-Hieronymus . In: Journal for Catholic Theology 54, 1930, pp. 40-87, ISSN  0044-2895 .
  • The handwritten transmission of the Expositio IV Evangeliorum of PS. Jerome . In: Revue Bénédictine 49, 1937, pp. 280–321, ISSN  0035-0893 .
  • Registrum epistolarum Stephani de Lexington . In: Analecta Cisterciensia 2, 1946, pp. 1-118; 8, 1952, pp. 181-378, ISSN  0003-2476 .
  • The “Ecclesiastica Officia Cisterciensis Ordinis” of Cod. 1711 of Trento . In: Analecta Cisterciensia 12, 1956, pp. 153-288, ISSN  0003-2476 .
  • (Ed.) Konrad von Eberbach : Exordium magnum Cisterciense sive Narratio de initio Cisterciensis Ordinis . Rome 1961, Turnhout 1994, 1997, ISBN 2-503-04382-8 .
  • Dr. Kassian Haid, Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau, Abbot General of the Cistercian Order 1920–1927 . Wagner, Innsbruck 1962, OCLC 460536674 .

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SURNAME Griesser, Bruno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grießer, Bruno; Griesser, Joseph; Griesser, Bruno Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Cistercian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Oetz
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1965
Place of death Bregenz