Hermenegild Maria Biedermann

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Hermenegild Maria Alfons Biedermann OSA , also Hermenegilath Biedermann (born December 15, 1911 in Hausen near Würzburg , Lower Franconia ; † October 26, 1994 in Bad Kissingen ) was a German Catholic theologian, university professor and Augustinian .

Life

Biedermann came from a large Franconian farming family. Right after graduating from high school in Münnerstadt in 1931 he joined the Augustinian Hermits and received after completing his normal studies at the University of Würzburg on March 1, 1936 at the Wuerzburg Cathedral St. Kilian his ordination .

In 1940 he received his doctorate in Würzburg . The title of his dissertation was "The redemption of creation with the Apostle Paul" (A contribution to the clarification of the religious-historical position of the Pauline doctrine of salvation. In: "Cassiciacum". A collection of scientific research on St. Augustine and the Augustinian order as well as scientific works by Augustinians from others Knowledge areas, Volume 8, Rita-Verlag, Würzburg 1940).

In the same year he founded the "Augustine Circle", from which the community of the Augustine sisters later developed. Until 1947 Biedermann worked in Würzburg as a youth, hospital and student pastor. In 1948 he qualified as a professor at the University of Würzburg on the subject of “Simon the Younger's Image of Man, the Theologian” for the subject “Theology and History of the Christian East”. In 1949 he was appointed private lecturer . After the sudden death of Georg Wunderle (1881–1950), he temporarily took over his chair for “Customer of the Christian East ” (since 1972 chair for “Theology and History of the Christian East”), in 1953 he was appointed associate professor , 1965 full professor for Eastern Church Studies. In 1977 he retired .

From 1953 to 1962 Biedermann was Provincial of the German Augustinian Province . For the "Eastern Church Institute", which he himself founded in 1947 and headed as an institute at the University of Würzburg until his retirement (1977), Biedermann published the two specialist journals "Eastern Church Studies" and "The Eastern Christianity" . Johannes Hofmann ( OSB ; * 1950) assessed Biedermann's work with the words: "But his work as a priest, religious, theologian is characterized by a diversity that extends far beyond the horizon of a pure scholar."

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SURNAME Biedermann, Hermenegild Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Biedermann, Hermenegild Maria Alfons OSA (full name); Biedermann, Hermenegilath
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious, Catholic theologian, university professor and Augustinian hermit
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Hausen near Würzburg , Lower Franconia
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1994
Place of death Bad Kissingen