Stephanus Hilpisch

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Stephanus Hilpisch OSB , actually Ferdinand Hilpisch (born September 6, 1894 in Waldernbach , † July 4, 1971 in Maria Laach ) was a German Benedictine monk and church historian.

Live and act

Hilpisch's father was a plumber by profession . After the early death of both parents in 1909, his uncle, the cathedral dean and vicar general Georg Hilpisch , took care of his further development. First he attended school in Wetzlar , then moved to the Bischöfliches Konvikt in Hadamar and graduated from high school there in 1914. He entered the Rhenish Benedictine monastery of Maria Laach on September 27th . Only conditionally fit for war , he nevertheless had to serve as border guard in Luxembourg from 1914 to 1916 during the First World War . On April 30, 1916 he took his first monastic vow , the profession , and on September 3, 1922 he was ordained a priest in Maria Laach . Its sponsor was the renowned abbot Ildefons Herwegen . In addition to his mother tongue and Latin, Hilpisch also spoke fluent Hebrew. In 1924 he began to study history and religious history at the University of Bonn and received his doctorate in 1927. phil. From 1927 to 1953 he was a lecturer in church history in the Maria Laach monastery as well as librarian and chronicler of the monastery. His first literary works were unpublished poems. The first known text, written in 1919, was entitled: Jung Buchenwild - A fairy tale from days gone by , another text was: Der Silberhell .

In 1950 he became the new spiritual director at St. Marien Abbey in Fulda , which he remained until 1970. During this time he also worked on the Festschriften of Fulda, Mainz and Limburg for the Boniface anniversary . He also worked in Fulda as a prosynodal judge at the marriage court and as a consultant at the city archive. Bishop Johannes Dietz finally appointed him the Spiritual Council of the diocese. From 1954 to 1971 he was the main collaborator of the Fulda history papers. "It is time to mention Hilpisch's services to the historiography of Fulda, of course and above all to all ecclesiastical institutions and this in the broadest sense of the word."

Publications

  • 1925, The sources for the character image of St. Benedict , in: Journal for Catholic Theology No. 49, pp. 358–386
  • 1926, From early medieval convents , Düsseldorf
  • 1926, From early medieval Benedictine monasteries , Düsseldorf
  • 1926, From the early days of monasticism , Düsseldorf
  • 1926, The introduction of the Bursfeld reform in Maria Laach , in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches No. 44 / NF 13, pp. 92-107
  • 1926, Sankt Lüfthildis. In: Eifel calendar. P. 30 ff.
  • 1927, The Rule of Saint Benedict Benedictus , Düsseldorf
  • 1928, the double monasteries. Development and organization , Münster iW
  • 1929, History of Benedictine monasticism in its main features. Herder & Co., Freiburg im Breisgau
  • 1930, Beda Venerabilis. Life of the abbots of Wearmouth-Jarrow monastery [Vita beatorum abbatum monasterii in Wiramutha et Girvum, Benedicti, Ceolfridi, Eosterwini, Sigfridi, atque Hwaetberhti. German]. Trans. U. ed. with e. hist. abstract of the pre-reformer. Christianity in England (Small Hist. Monographs 25). Reinhold-Verlag, Vienna 1930, annotated translation of the Historia abbatum by Hilpisch
  • 1932, The secularization of the north German Benedictine monasteries in the age of the Reformation , in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, No. 50, pp. 78-108, 159-193
  • 1934, address at the cath. Morning celebration of the Reichsender , Frankfurt on August 26, 1934
  • 1936, In cells and Klausen. Holy German monks and hermits , Paderborn
  • 1937, under the crown of the cross. The holy German emperors and empresses , Paderborn
  • 1938, unknown from Prior Joh. Butzbach's Laacher time , from: Studies and communications of the Benedictine order , No. 56, pp. 151-160
  • 1940, The celebration of the Holy Saturday liturgy in the Benedictine monasteries of the Middle Ages , in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, No. 58, pp. 177–190
  • 1940, Holy Virgins , Paderborn
  • 1942, The course of sacrifice in the Benedictine monasteries of the Middle Ages , in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, No. 59, pp. 86–95
  • 1947, Development of the rite of consecration in the Latin Church , in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, No. 61, pp. 53–72
  • 1947, St. Benedict in the newer hagiography , in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, No. 61, pp. 114–125
  • 1951, Klosterleben, Mönchsleben , Maria Laach (1st edition 1951, 2nd edition 1953, 3rd edition 1963)
  • 1951, History of the Benedictine Sisters , St. Ottilien
  • 1953, Benedictineism through the ages , St. Ottilien
  • 1954, Wynfreth-Bonifatius , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 30, pp. 34-38
  • 1954, Bonifatius as a monk and missionary , in: Sankt Bonifatius, commemorative gift for the 1200th anniversary of his death , Fulda
  • 1955, Saint Rabanus Maurus: Abbot of the Fulda Monastery and Archbishop of Mainz , Fulda
  • 1955, 1200th anniversary of Tauberbischofsheim , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 31, pp. 100–101
  • 1955, Archbishop Hillin von Trier 1152–1169 , in: Archives for Middle Rhine Church History, No. 7, pp. 9–21
  • 1955, The development of the nuns ' professed rite , in: Studies and communications from the Benedictine and Cistercian orders , No. 66, p. 28 ff
  • 1955, Trier and Trier Saints in Martyrologium Romanum , in: Trier Theologische Zeitschrift, No. 64, pp. 295–303
  • 1956, The Council of Brothers in the Benedictine Monasteries of the Middle Ages , in: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches, No. 67, pp. 221–236
  • 1957, Rabanus Maurus as pastor , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 33, pp. 72–78
  • 1957, The Bishops of Fulda , Fulda
  • 1960, Benedictus. Life and Work , Zurich, together with Leonard von Matt
  • 1962, History of the Fulda Seminary , Fulda
  • 1964, Father Dr. Stephan Hilpisch on September 6, 70 years old in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, 40th year, No. 4, pp. 97-101
  • 1964, The girls' school of the Fulda Benedictine nuns in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, 40th year, No. 4, pp. 101-107
  • 1964, The Benedictine ideal through the centuries , in: The American Benedictine review, vol. 15, pp. 381-394
  • 1964, On the cult of the holy Lioba , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 40, pp. 182–187
  • 1965, On the history of the Fulda Cathedral Choir , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 41, pp. 151–161
  • 1965, Elisabeth von Schönau and Hildegard von Bingen , in: Schönauer Elisabeth Jubiläum 1965, pp. 51–58
  • 1965, The liturgy of the cartage according to the Rasdorfer choir book of 1587 , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 41, pp. 87–90
  • 1966, The first nuns of St. Maria zu Fulda , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 42, pp. 63–64
  • 1966, On the history of the Fulda Capuchin Monastery , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 42, pp. 69–81
  • 1967, Die Fuldischen Propsteien , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 43, pp. 109–117
  • 1968, On the building history of the nuns' church in Fulda , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 44, pp. 161–163
  • 1970, The prioresses and abbesses of the nunnery of St. Maria zu Fulda , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 46, pp. 6-13
  • 1970, The gravesites of the Fulda bishops in Fulda Cathedral , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter, No. 46, pp. 145–147
  • 1971, The Fulda Abbey and the Bursfeld Congregation , in: Fuldaer Geschichtsblätter No. 47, pp. 151–155
  • 1972, Hillin , from Neue Deutsche Biographie , No. 9, p. 158 f.
  • 2005, Sankt Lüfthildis: [a local saint of the Rhenish] , in: Wanderather Geschichtsblätter, No. 4, pp. 28–30 (see first publication 1926)

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SURNAME Hilpisch, Stephanus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hilpisch, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine monk
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldernbach
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1971
Place of death Maria Laach Abbey