Pius Fischer (art historian)

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Pius Fischer OSB (born April 24, 1902 in Weppersdorf as Konrad Fischer ; † April 2, 1983 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was an art historian .

Life

After graduating from the Benedictine high school in Ettal in 1921, he entered the Ettal monastery . He studied in Sant'Anselmo , Salzburg and Munich , and after ordination in 1926 received his doctorate in 1932. Dr. phil. in Würzburg . From 1945 he taught at the Benedictine high school in Ettal. In 1970 he was accepted into the Sectio historica of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy.

Fonts (selection)

  • The French translation of the Pseudo-Turpin based on Codex Gallicus 52 (Munich) . Wertheim am Main 1932, OCLC 249218654 .
  • The baroque painter Johann Jakob Zeiller and his Ettal work . Munich 1964, OCLC 925829541 .
  • St. Benedict in Bavaria. Fourteen abbeys from the 7th century to the present day . Sankt Augustin 1980, ISBN 3877871429 .
  • Behind the monastery walls . Landsberg am Lech 1993, OCLC 315542685 .

literature

  • In memoriam Pius Fischer OSB . in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches . 94: 595-596 (1983), ISSN  0303-4224
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Pius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fischer, Konrad (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic friar and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Weppersdorf
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1983
Place of death Garmisch-Partenkirchen