Pius Zingerle
Pius Zingerle OSB , actually Peter Jacob, (born March 17, 1801 in Meran ; † January 10, 1881 in the Marienberg Abbey ) was an orientalist and Catholic theologian.
Life
Zingerle joined the Marienberg Benedictine Abbey in Vinschgau in 1819 and studied theology at the University of Innsbruck . After graduating, he got a job as a cooperator in Platt ( Moos in Passeier ) in 1824 .
In 1830 Zingerle was appointed professor at the Benedictine grammar school in Merano ; In 1850 he became its director. In 1862 he accepted a position at the University of Rome and worked there for three years as a professor of the Arabic and Syrian languages . As such, he also worked as a scriptor at the Vatican library .
After his return, Zingerle worked again at the grammar school in Meran until 1871 and then took over the management of his home monastery as prior . In 1871 the Academy of Sciences in Vienna accepted Zingerle as a member.
Pius Zingerle died nine weeks before his 80th birthday on January 10, 1881 in Marienberg Abbey.
Works (selection)
- as translator
- Ephraem's selected writings . Innsbruck 1830–37 (6 vols.).
- Harp sounds from Lebanon . Innsbruck 1840. (Hymns from the Syrian Maronite holiday breviary , printed in Rome 1787)
- Festive wreaths from Lebanon's gardens . Villingen 1846 (hymns from the Syrian breviary of the Maronites).
- Mary Roses from Damascus. Chants in honor of the Blessed Virgin, from Syriac . Second edition increased by a complete translation of the prayers of St. Ephrem to the Most Blessed Virgin. Innsbruck 1855. (From the Maronites' holiday and festival breviary; Ephrem prayers from the Greek).
- as editor
- Six homilies of St. Jacob of Sarug . Bonn 1867.
- Chrestomathia syriaca . Rome 1871.
- Lexicon syriacum . Rome 1873.
- as an author
- Poems . Innsbruck 1843.
- About the oriental elements in German poetry . Bolzano 1862.
literature
- Martin Angerer: Albert Jäger and Pius Zingerle. For the 200th birthday of two well-known Marienberg Fathers . In: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches , Vol. 112 (2001), pp. 461–466.
- Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried: Zingerle, Pius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, pp. 320-323.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Zingerle, Pius . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 60th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1891, pp. 151–154 ( digitized version ).
- Otmar Kollmann: Pius Zingerle. Orientalist from the Marienberg Benedictine Abbey (1801–1881) . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2015. ISBN 978-3-7030-0836-8 .
- Ekkart Sauser : Zingerle, Jacob, Pius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 506-507.
Web links
- Berlin-Brandenburg digital library
- Syrian holiday breviary of the Maronites, Rome 1787
- List of the writings of Pius Zingerle: (On March 17th, 1871.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zingerle, Pius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zingerle, Jacob Pius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orientalist and Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meran |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1881 |
| Place of death | Marienberg |