Caelestis Eichenseer

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Caelestis Eichenseer OSB (originally Joseph Anton Eichenseer ) (* July 1, 1924 in Schöllang ; † February 4, 2008 in Saarbrücken ) was a German Latinist who has made a particular contribution to the new Latin .

After military service 1942–1945, he entered the Benedictine Abbey of Sankt Ottilien in 1946 , made his profession on October 8, 1950 and was ordained a priest on March 29, 1952. He studied theology at the University of Munich and was born in 1955 with a thesis on the Symbolum Apostolicum at St. Augustine is doing his doctorate. From 1952 to 1975 he worked at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae , from 1963 to 1966 he also taught Ancient Church History at the University of the Archabbey of Sankt-Ottilien. In 1965 he was a co-founder of Vox Latina magazine and a founding member of Societas Latina . Since 1975 he worked at the office for neo-Latin at the Saarland University and taught neo-Latin.

Eichenseer was one of the champions for a living Latin , the Latinitas viva . He worked on the further development of the Latin language and its expansion to include new terms. He created a large number of new Latin words, especially in the technical field, such as machina lavatoria for washing machine .

Publications

  • The symbolum apostolicum in St. Augustine with consideration of the dogma-historical context . St. Ottilien 1960
  • Latinitas viva. Pars introductoria . Saarbrücken 1982.
  • Latinitas viva. Tabulae imagineae numero nonaginta . Saarbrücken 1984.
  • Latinitas viva, pars cantualis . Saarbrücken 1986.
  • Latinitas viva. Libellus textualis phonocasetae septimae . "Dialogorum de rebus recentioribus", Saarbrücken 1989.
  • De itinere Palestinian Israheliano . Frankfurt / Main 1992.
  • De itinere Graeco . Saarbrücken 1997.
  • Collectanea usui linguae Latinae dicata . Saarbrücken 1999.

literature

  • Sigrid Albert, Johannes Paul Bauer: In memoriam inclutissimam doctoris patris Caelestis Eichenseer . In: Vox Latina . Vol. 44, No. 171 . Saarbrücken 2008, p. 2–11 ( online [PDF; 201 kB ; accessed on March 24, 2013]).

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personal data
SURNAME Eichenseer, Caelestis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eichenseer, Joseph Anton (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Latinist
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Schöllang
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 2008
Place of death Saarbrücken