Leopold Grill

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Leopold Grill (born January 6, 1903 in Gaaden , † July 27, 1987 in Graz ) was an Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman, Cistercian and religious historian.

life and work

The Cistercian

Grill attended grammar school in Mödling . After graduating from high school, he entered the Heiligenkreuz Abbey in 1922 and made a simple profession in 1923. His theology studies took him to Graz and Innsbruck . He transferred his monastic stability to the Rein monastery and made his solemn profession there in December 1926 . In 1927 he was ordained a priest and became a pastor in the Abbey Parishes of Gratwein and Deutschfeistritz . In 1930 he was a founding member of the Catholic-Academic Gymnastics Association Norica ( KATV Norica ) in Graz . From 1933 to 1937 he was parish vicar in Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth .

Escape to France, internment, studies in Lyon

His opposition to National Socialism forced him to flee to Switzerland and then to France as a result of the annexation of Austria in 1938. There he was interned at the outbreak of war (one after the other in Maisons-Laffitte , Meslay-du-Maine and Domfront ), most recently (after a time in Lérins Monastery ) from April 1941 in Les Milles . After the camp was closed in June 1941, he escaped from a transport and escaped to Lyon , where, with the support of the later Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot , he was able to find accommodation and begin a second degree in theology. On 10 May 1944 he received his doctorate in Lyon (1963 by the University of Vienna nostrified ).

Return to pure and death

After he had given pastoral care to the Vincentian Sisters of Les Marches , he returned to Rein in 1946 and helped to reorganize the monastery. From 1969 until his death he was a pastor in the Haus der Barmherzigkeit nursing home in Graz. He suffered two heart attacks in the 1970s. He died one day after his 60th jubilee as a priest at the age of 84 and was buried in the monastery cemetery of Heiligenkreuz Abbey.

The Cistercian explorer

Grill published in Cistercian exploration for 55 years. His research focused on Otto von Freising , Bernhard von Clairvaux , the Rein Abbey and the Morimond Monastery . In 1963 and 1967 he carried out archaeological excavations in Morimond to find the remains of Otto von Freising. Whether he was successful is controversial.

Works (selection)

German

  • The Traungau Rein Abbey. Prehistory, foundation and development of the Cisterce Rein up to the extinction of the Styrian margraves. In: Cistercienser Chronik 44, 1932, pp. 1–9, 41–46, 73–79, 108–112, 176–180, 211–218, 234–238, 267–271, 299–304, 335–341, 354-368.
  • St. Bernhard von Clairvaux and Morimond, the mother abbey of the Austrian Cistercian monasteries. In: Festschrift for the 800th anniversary of the death of Bernhard von Clairvaux . Vienna / Munich 1953, pp. 31–118.
  • Château du Graal: Clairvaux. In: Analecta Cisterciensia 13, 1957, pp. 115-126.
  • Education and science in the life of Bishop Otto von Freising. In: Analecta Cisterciensia 14, 1958, pp. 281-333.
  • A popular sermon by Bishop Otto. In: Otto von Freising. Commemorative gift for the 800th year of his death . Freising 1958, pp. 94-105.
  • The alleged opposition to St. Bernhard v. Clairvaux on the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. In: Analecta Cisterciensia 16, 1960, pp. 60-91.
  • Research on the oldest Cistercian style. In: Analecta Cisterciensia 16, 1960, 293-307.
  • The flourishing monastic pens in Austria: Styria, Rein. In: Notring Yearbook. Notring of the Austrian Scientific Associations 1961, pp. 113–117.
  • (with Ulrich Faust and others) Analecta monastica. Textes et études sur la vie des moines au Moyen Age. Sixième série. Studia Anselmiana 50. Herder, Rome 1962.
  • Bernhard von Clairvaux and the Eastern Church. In: Analecta Cisterciensia 19, 1963, pp. 165-188.
  • Archbishop Eberhard I of Salzburg (around 1087–1164, June 22). In the 800th year of the commemoration of the death of St. Church princes . Self-published by the author, Rein Abbey, 1964.
  • Abbot Adam von Ebrach's last years of life, death and grave. In: Würzburger Diözesan – Geschichtsblätter 32, 1970, pp. 5-18.
  • Ortisei on the south-eastern border of the empire. In: Yearbook. Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese 1973, pp. 163–181.
  • Result of the search for Otto von Freising's grave, in: Annalen des Naturhistorisches Museum 77, 1973, pp. 421–424.
  • Brixen ownership rights in Styria. In: Festschrift Nikolaus Grass . Wagner, Innsbruck / Munich 1974, 1, pp. 449–458.
  • Studies for the establishment of the Ebrach Abbey. In: Festschrift Ebrach , ed. by Gerd Zimmermann on behalf of Markt Ebrach and Forschungskreis Ebrach eV Ebrach 1977, pp. 28–37.
  • The Itinerar Otto von Freising, in: Festschrift Friedrich Hausmann . Graz 1977, pp. 153-177.
  • The founding process of the 850 year old Cistercian Abbey in Rein near Graz. In: Analecta Cisterciensia 35, 1979, pp. 283-292.
  • The Cistercian cardinal Konrad von Urach-Zähringen, family history and stone symbolism. In: Analecta cartusiana 113.1 (1984): Carthusian rule and Carthusian life. International Congress from May 30 to June 3, 1984. pp. 253-286.
  • Innichen, Freising's hub in the southeast of the Roman-German Empire. In: Der Schlern 59, 1985, pp. 671-683.
  • News about Otto's itinerary from Freising. In: History and its sources. Festschrift for Friedrich Hausmann on his 70th birthday . Graz 1987, pp. 37-46.

French

  • L'Abbaye de Rein et la seconde croisade . Blard, Chambéry 1943 (printed excerpt from the Thèse of the University of Lyon).
  • L'Abbaye de Rein au siècle de saint Bernard. Fondation et expansion du premier monastère de l'Ordre de Citeaux en Autriche . Petite Thèse Université de Lyon 1943 (unprinted).
  • Saint Bernard et la question sociale. In: Mélanges saint Bernard. XXIVe Congrès de l'Association bourguignonne des Sociétés savantes (8e Centenaire de la mort de saint Bernard), Dijon, 1953 . Association des amis de Saint Bernard, Dijon 1954, pp. 194-211.

English

  • Excavations at Morimond, Result of the Search for the Grave of the Blessed Otto of Freising at Morimond from 16th to 26th July 1963. In: Cîteaux (Commentarii cistercienses) 14, 1963, pp. 312-315.

Honors

In 1984 Grill was awarded the Badge of Honor for Services to the Liberation of Austria .

literature

  • Johann Jungwirth: Anthropological investigation of the bones of Otto von Freising. In: Annalen des Naturhistorisches Museum Wien 77, 1973, pp. 425–433.
  • Henri Ronot: Nouvelles fouilles à Morimond. In: Cahiers Haut-Marnais 76, 1964, pp. 37-38.

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personal data
SURNAME Grill, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grill, Léopold-Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Cistercian and order historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Gaaden
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1987
Place of death Graz