Reginald Zupancic
Reginald Zupancic OSB (born April 2, 1905 in Gloggnitz , Neunkirchen district as Rudolf Zupancic ; † January 18, 1999 in Melk ) was an Austrian Benedictine and physicist . He was the 65th abbot of Melk Abbey .
Life
After graduating from the Stiftsgymnasium Melk , he entered the monastery there in 1924 and took the religious name Reginald . He was solemnly professed on September 8, 1928, and ordained a priest on July 14, 1929 . He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Innsbruck and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. He then worked as an employee of Victor Franz Hess a . a. involved in the research that led to the discovery of cosmic rays (for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1936). Presumably he was also an assistant to the atomic physicist Niels Bohr . In 1938 he became a professor at the Stiftsgymnasium and Konviktprefekt . During the war he was a chaplain in Matzleinsdorf .
In 1949 he was appointed prior and in 1964 elected coadjutor of Abbot Maurus Höfenmayer. When he died in 1973, he succeeded him as abbot. His motto was Nova et vetera ("New and Old"). However, he resigned from office as early as 1975 - due to reaching the age limit - and from then on lived for a few years in the Kartause Gaming . Burkhard Ellegast succeeded him as abbot . In 1980 he took over the parish Schönbühel on the Danube , which he looked after for 16 years. He returned to the monastery two years before his death, where he died in 1999.
Publications (selection)
- The subsequent delivery of the radium emanation from the ground , Institute for Radiation Research, Innsbruck 1933.
- Measurements of exhalation of radium emanation from the ground , Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1934.
- Melk Abbey (= Little Art Guide ). Schnell und Steiner publishing house, Munich 1957.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ware Mensch - The business with modern slavery , In: Ordensnachrichten No. 5/2005. Retrieved June 22, 2013
Web links
- Reginald Zupancic in the Biographia Benedictina (Benediktinerlexikon.de)
- Former Abbot Reginald has died ( memento of July 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), obituary on benediktiner.at
- Interview with the abbot of the Melk Benedictine Abbey , Austrian Media Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Maurus Höfenmayer |
Abbot of Melk Abbey 1973–1975 |
Burkhard Ellegast |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zupancic, Reginald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zupancic, Reginald OSB; Zupancic, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian religious and abbot of Melk Abbey (1973–1975) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gloggnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1999 |
| Place of death | Melk |