Paul Nau

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Paul Nau OSB (born April 12, 1901 in Nantes , † March 28, 1984 in Solesmes ) was a French Catholic theologian.

Career

Nau studied theology in the major seminary in Nantes and in the Séminaire Pontifical Français ( Gallicum ) in Rome. In 1926 he was ordained a priest and taught after his promotion to Dr. theol. at the Jesuit college in Nantes. In 1930 he entered the congregation of the Missionnaires diocesains de l´Immaculée Conception. In 1941 he joined the Benedictines in Solesmes. There he taught sacramental theology from 1945 to 1970.

Act

On behalf of the Abbot of Solesmes, Dom Prou, he wrote vota and consilia for the Second Vatican Council. He worked for the Coetus Internationalis Patrum . From 1963 to 1980 he was superior of the Benedictine Sisters of Argentan. From 1971 onwards he was the spiritual director of the Notre-Dame de la Paix Federation.

Nau contributed to the magazine La Pensée catholique and initiated the series Les enseignements pontificaux , which appeared in 17 volumes.

Works

  • Le magistere pontifical ordinaire, lieu theologique . In: RThom 3 (1956) 389-412
  • Le mystere du corps et du sang du Seigneur: la messe d'apres Saint Thomas d'Aquin, son rite d'apres Phistoire . Sablésur-Sarthe 1976.
  • Les enseignements pontificaux . 17 volumes. Tournai, Desclée, 1953–1968 (collaboration).

literature

  • Archives Abbaye Bénédictine de Solesmes, Carton dom PN
  • F. Gautier: Dom PN (1901-1984): Lettre aux amis de Solesmes , 1985-2, 4-23
  • Roy: Le Coetus Internationalis Patrum

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philippe J. Roy: Nau . In: Michael Quisinsky / Peter Walter (eds.): Lexicon of persons for the Second Vatican Council . Herder, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-30330-2 , pp. 198 .
personal data
SURNAME Well, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Nantes
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1984
Place of death Solesmes