Wilhelm Schamoni

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Wilhelm Schamoni (born January 4, 1905 in Hamm in Westphalia , † August 25, 1991 in Altötting ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian , retreat master , founder and until 1980 editor of the magazine Theologisches .

Life

Wilhelm was the younger son of the book reviser Wilhelm Schamoni (1867-1935) and his wife Anna Schamoni, née Veltmann (1872-1907). He attended the Mariengymnasium in Werl . After his parents' hotel was given up, he came into the care of his aunt Josefa Schamoni, who aroused his religious interest. After graduating from high school , he entered the seminary of the Archdiocese of Paderborn . He studied there a. a. with the dogmatist Johannes Brinktrine. This was followed by studies at the Jesuit Leopold Franzens University in Innsbruck and at the Catholic University in Leuven . In April 1930 he was ordained a priest in Paderborn Cathedral . Chaplain in Gotha and from 1935 vicar in Oeynhausen were his next stops in life.

National Socialism

Right from the start, he was critical of the Nazi concept of man and race . In his sermons, based on the encyclical With Burning Concern of Pius XI. , repeatedly criticizing the barbarism of the National Socialists. He was denounced, arrested on December 30, 1939 and sentenced for undermining military strength . After staying in the Paderborn and Bielefeld prisons , he was transferred to the Dachau concentration camp . On April 26, 1945, three days before the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp by American troops, he was among those prisoners who were sent on a march into the Alpine region under SS guard. On this march he was able to escape under adventurous circumstances.

After the war

After the war he had a pastor's position in Helmeringhausen in the Sauerland . Between 1950 and 1970 he was spiritual for theology students in the Archdiocese of Paderborn. His theological interest was in hagiography , the representation of the lives of saints, and the study of the miracles of the saints in relation to the miracles of the New Testament . Schamoni translated and edited numerous acts of beatification and canonization processes. In April 1950 he was written by hand from Pope Pius XII. honored. In 1970 he founded the Catholic monthly Theologisches , which appeared as a supplement to the newspaper for offers for the Catholic clergy . He wrote numerous articles for this magazine. In 1980, Schamoni handed the editor over to the moral theologian Johannes Bökmann from Cologne. In 1982 he was made an honorary member of the Pontificia Academia Theologica Romana .

He retired on July 1, 1985 . In 1987 he moved his residence to Altötting. On July 14, 1987 he was appointed Papal Honorary Prelate by the Vatican . The certificate was presented by the Regensburg Bishop Rudolf Graber . He died on August 25, 1991 in Altötting and was buried on August 28 in the priestly crypt in the Michaelifriedhof of the Bavarian pilgrimage site.

His nephew, the film director Ulrich Schamoni , made the television film "The Vicar of Helmeringhausen or What is the use of it for eternity" (1982) about him.

Works

  • The true face of the saints , Leipzig 1938
  • The priests in Dachau: Findings and conclusions , in: Sacra Congregatio de Religiosis (ed.)
  • Prayer and devotion. Remarks by the saints , Paderborn 1953
  • Bishops of the old African Church , Düsseldorf 1964
  • The Night Watch , Herder, Freiburg 1946

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