Josef Scheuber
Josef Scheuber (born February 22, 1881 in Wolfenschiessen ; † April 27, 1961 in Chur ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic clergyman and educator .
Life
Josef Scheuber was the son of Joachim Scheuber, a mountain farmer and his wife Ursula, nee. Muheim. He attended the Stans grammar school and the Einsiedeln monastery grammar school and then went to the Chur seminary (today: Chur Theological University ); He was ordained a priest in 1904. From 1905 to 1906 he studied art history in Berlin and received his doctorate in 1908 at the University of Zurich .
After completing his studies, he came to the College of Maria Hilf in Schwyz as a professor and prefect of studies in 1906 , where he was rector of the college from 1932 to 1941. From 1941 to 1960 he was the regens of the seminary in Chur.
Act
As a representative of the client, he was the client and had a major impact on the new building of the Maria Hilf college in Schwyz after the school grounds fell victim to a fire on April 3, 1910.
He was also the author of numerous art historical and religious writings and articles, including in the Schweizer Rundschau .
Honors
In 1954 he became an Apostolic Protonotary .
Fonts (selection)
- The medieval choir stalls in Switzerland . Strasbourg Heitz 1910.
- Baroque churches in Switzerland . 1914.
- Church and Reformation: flourishing Catholic life in the 16th and 17th centuries . Einsiedeln / Switzerland: Benziger, 1917.
- John, the love disciple of Jesus . Freiburg (Switzerland) Kanisius-Verlag 1921.
- Our Lord's Way of the Cross in Art . Munich: Society for Christian Art, 1923.
- Into the Orient: Travel Memories . Schwyz: Maria Hilf, 1927.
- Gifted age: from sense and Blessing of his old age . Lucerne: Rex-Verlag 1946.
Web links
- Peter Steiner: Scheuber, Josef. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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SURNAME | Scheuber, Josef |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scheuber, Joseph; Scheuber, Jos .; Scheuber, J. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss clergyman and educator |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1881 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolf shooting |
DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1961 |
Place of death | Chur |