Hermann Geiger (clergyman)

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Hermann Geiger (born March 14, 1827 in Schwabmünchen , † December 1, 1902 in Munich ) was a German clergyman , Roman Catholic theologian and author .

Life

Hermann Geiger studied theology in Munich and Bonn and was ordained a priest in Augsburg in 1850 and became a cooperator in Teisendorf, Rosenheim and Traunstein in 1860 . In 1863 he became an early messenger and religion teacher at the St. Ludwig Church in Munich , later a canon and curate priest in Munich.

Geiger was Commander of the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and Honorary Dome of the Patriarchal Church in Jerusalem. In 1865, together with Therese Freiin von Gumppenberg, mother of Cardinal Karl August von Reisach , he founded the Sionsverein in Munich, which supported church institutions in the Holy Land, especially for children and young people. From 1884 he personally organized and led 25 Bavarian pilgrim caravans to the Holy Land . From 1885 he was the editor of the pilgrim letters dealing with these pilgrimages, but the number of participants never exceeded 30 people.

For his commitment he was from Pope Leo XIII. honored with the title of papal secret chamberlain ( monsignor ) and with the papal honorary order Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice as well as with the beneficiary of St. Ludwig.

He was the author of the historical novels "Lydia: a picture from the time of Emperor Mark Aurel". and "Leander and Hermigild or The Rebirth of Spain".

On Geiger's preparatory work, Major General Heinrich Himmel von Agisburg (1843–1915) and Cathedral Chapter Sebastian Kirchberger (1846–1919) were able to build upon the Bavarian Pilgrimage Association of the Holy Land in Munich in 1903 and organized large Bavarian pilgrimages to Palestine according to the Austrian model first, with over 500 pilgrims, took place in July 1904.

Fonts

  • Lydia: a picture from the time of the emperor Mark Aurel. , Scheitlin Stuttgart 1857
  • Leander and Hermigild: or the rebirth of Spain: a story from the history of the Visigoths , Scheitlin Stuttgart 1860

such as

  • Cooperator. Anton Forsteneichner. A picture of life. (Separate reprint from the youth papers 1866), Zipperer Munich 1866
  • Pilgrimage via Loreto to Jerusalem, Damascus and Constantinople: From April 23 to June 14, 1889; Commemorative sheet of the XII. Munich caravan , Moriell 1889
  • Pilgrimage via Loreto and Rome to Jerusalem Smyrna and Constantinople. (April 15 to June 11, 1890). , FX Geiß Munich 1890
  • Diary of the 25th Bavarian pilgrimage to the Holy Land or journey through Italy, Greece, Egypt, Palestine and Syria in spring 1902 , Kösel 1903, together with Anton Müller

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion , accessed on May 26, 2012 (English)
  2. ^ A b Hans Jürgen Brandt: Jerusalem has friends. Munich and the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher, EOS 2010, page 63 f.
  3. ↑ Bavarian Pilgrims' Association from the Holy Land: Into the Holy Land from the Isar beach, memorial book of the 1st Bavarian People's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land , Munich 1905, pages 10 and 11
personal data
SURNAME Geiger, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, Roman Catholic theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwabmünchen
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1902
Place of death Munich