Eduard Stommel

Eduard Stommel (born July 31, 1910 in Hüchelhoven , † September 26, 1958 in Lienz ) was a Catholic church historian and Christian archaeologist .

After graduating from high school in Münstereifel , he studied theology at the University of Bonn from 1934 to 1936 and was ordained a priest on February 27, 1936. After several years of pastoral service, he received his doctorate on December 19, 1944 in Bonn. theol. From the end of 1947 to the beginning of 1950 he prepared at the Campo Santo Teutonico in Rome for his habilitation in church history and Christian archeology, which took place on January 24, 1951 in Bonn. After further pastoral service, he was appointed dietician at the University of Bonn in 1954 and on January 30, 1957 as an associate professor for church history, Christian archeology and religious history of the Hellenistic world.

Since 1954 Stommel was a member of the German Archaeological Institute; In 1958, together with Theodor Klauser and Alfred Stuiber, he founded the Yearbook for Antiquity and Christianity .

Works (selection)

• "Descendit ad inferos" . In: Catechetical Sheets . No. 74, 1949, 69-76. 123-126.
• Studies on the epiclesis of the Roman consecration of baptismal water (= Theophaneia vol. 5). Hanstein, Bonn 1950.
• The episcopal cathedra in Christian antiquity . In: Munich Theological Journal . No. 3, 1952, 17-32.
• Semeion ekpetaseos (Didache 16, 6) . In: Roman quarterly . No. 48, 1953, 21-42.
• Contributions to the iconography of the Constantinian sarcophagus sculpture (= Theophaneia 10). Hanstein, Bonn 1954.
• "Buried with Christ" (Rom. 6: 4) and the rite of baptism . In: Roman quarterly . No. 49, 1954, 1-20.
• The "image of his death" (Rom. 6: 5) and the rite of baptism . In: Roman quarterly . No. 50, 1955, 1-21.
• The Benedictio fontis on Easter night . In: Liturgical Yearbook . No. 7, 1957, 8-24.
• Bishop's chair and high throne . In: Yearbook for Antiquity and Christianity . No. 1, 1958, 52-78.
• On the problem of the early Christian depictions of Jonas . In: Yearbook for Antiquity and Christianity . No. 1, 1958, 112-115.
• Christian baptismal rites and ancient bathing customs . In: Yearbook for Antiquity and Christianity . No. 2, 1959, 5-14.

literature

• Gerhard Rexin:  Stommel, Eduard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 28, Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-413-7 , Sp. 1488-1489.