Eduard Michelis

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Eduard Michelis , pseudonym Odilo , (born February 6, 1813 in St. Mauritz , † June 8, 1855 in Luxembourg ) was a German Catholic theologian.

Life

Eduard Michelis was born in St. Mauritz as the son of a copper engraver and drawing teacher , he is the brother of Friedrich Michelis . From October 1826 he attended the Paulinum high school and studied philosophy and theology at the Münster Academy from 1832 to 1835 . After entering the episcopal seminary in 1835, he was ordained a priest on May 27, 1836 at the age of 23. In the same year he became the private and secret secretary of Clemens August von Droste-Vischering , the archbishop of Cologne. On November 20, 1837, he and his bishop were arrested as part of the Cologne turmoil . He first came to the Minden Fortress and later to the Magdeburg Citadel on the island of Werder , where he was imprisoned until April 1840. He was then "banished" to Erfurt, where he lived with the cathedral priest for a long time. After his release in 1841 he returned to St. Mauritz. In the following year he founded the Sisters of Divine Providence , who were initially responsible for an orphanage that still exists today. Together with Wilhelm Junkmann he founded the Munster Sunday newspaper . From 1844 until his death he worked as a professor of dogmatics at the seminary in Luxembourg . He was a co-founder of the Luxemburger Wort newspaper .

Publications

  • The holy mass offering and the feast of Corpus Christi in their world-historical significance (Erfurt 1841)
  • Peoples of the South Seas and the history of the Protestant and Catholic missions among the same (Münster 1847)
  • Songs from Westphalia , by his brother Friedrich in 1857

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SURNAME Michelis, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Odilo (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Mauritz
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1855
Place of death Luxembourg