Anton de Waal

Anton de Waal, baptismal name " Anton Maria ", ( born May 5, 1837 in Emmerich, † February 23, 1917 in Rome, Campo Santo ± Teutonico ) was a German Catholic theologian, church historian, archaeologist Christian and scientific organizer.

Life

Born in Emmerich, the son of the merchant William de Waal and his wife Helene van Beeck born 1837 Anton de Waal graduated from the grammar school of his native city, and studied theology in Münster. There he received on 11 October 1862 by Bishop Johann Georg Müller ordained a priest and then worked as a teacher at the Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck. Here were the later bishops Hermann Jakob Dingelstad and Adolf Fritz, his colleagues, also a teacher.

On July 19, 1868 de Waal became chaplain at the German National Church of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome and received his PhD on February 19, 1869 Doctor of Divinity. In the summer and autumn of 1870, at the siege and conquest of Rome by Italian military, de Waal was also a voluntary chaplain of the Pontifical troops, especially, he supervised the many German soldiers among them. For all of its impressions later created the book " The September 20 - story of the siege and conquest of Rome ."

From 1872, the priest acted as vice- rector and from 1873 as Rector of the Campo Santo Teutonico. 1875 appointed papal secret chamberlain, de Waal was founded in 1876, the 1450 " Confraternity of Our Lady of Sorrows " a statute and left the Church of the Brotherhood and the associated German cemetery renovate. The fraternity house he designed into an existing to this day German priest College ( the College Teutonico ), which is equipped with a special library, put together an important collection of early Christian art.

In addition, de Waal committed for the German pastoral and German pilgrims in Rome. In 1887 the priest published in cooperation with the Gorres -Gesellschaft "Roman quarterly magazine for Christian archeology and history of the Church " and, from 1901, together with Carl Anton Baumstark Oriens Christianus the. His scientific interest was especially true of Christian Archaeology, so that he was responsible for the archeology of the " Roman Quarterly" and 1892 /93 and again in 1915 excavations at San Sebastiano had carried out all the Catacombs on the Appian Way. On June 23, 1896 Anton de Waal became the Pontifical House prelates, on July 30, 1900 Apostolic Pronotar. With effect from 2 November 1904 he received the appointment as Commissioner of the pastoral care of all Germans in Italy.

In addition to his academic and pastoral work of the clergy wrote German -language biographies of the Popes of his time ( Leo XIII. , Pius X and Benedict XV. ) As well as historical narratives and amateur theater pieces. He died in 1917 in Rome and was buried in the Campo Santo Teutonico.

Anton de Waal was the owner of a high order, inter alia, of the Royal. Prussian Order of the Crown, Second Class, of the Royal. Prussian Red Eagle Order, Second Class, of the Royal. Bavarian Order of Merit of St. Michael II class, Komturkreuzes of the Royal. Saxon Albrechts- Order, and the star of the Komturkreuzes the Commander's Cross of the Austrian Franz Joseph Order, and of the Pontifical Order of Merit " Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice " in gold.

Works (selection)

  • Prince of the Apostles Peter glorious resting place. Festschrift for Pope Pius IX anniversary. (1871 )
  • The soldiers of the holy father. Episode in the recent history of the conquest of Rome. Drama in 3 acts. (1871 )
  • Master of thumb accessible. Drama in 3 acts. (1872 )
  • Memories of Rome, first of the German pilgrims to the 30th jubilee celebration of our salvation. Father Pius IX. dedicated. (1876 )
  • Memory of the journey to Rome to Bishop anniversary of our Holy Father Pius IX. on 17 May 1877. (1877 )
  • Our Holy Father Pope Leo XIII. Life. (1878 )
  • The National Foundations of the German people in Rome. (1880 )
  • Valeria or the triumph of the Catacombs (1884 )
  • The Catacombs of Saint Callistus. (1886 )
  • The pilgrims to Rome. Guide to the most important shrines and monuments of the Eternal City. (1888 )
  • Tim, the negro boy. Drama in 3 acts. For journeymen's associations and similar. Circles. (1889 )
  • Catacombs images. 6 stories from the first centuries of the Roman Church. (1891 )
  • The apostles tomb ad Catacumbas on the Appian Way. A historical- archaeological investigation on the basis of the latest excavations. (1894 )
  • 25 years in Rome from 1870 to 1895. An image of Catholic life in the German colony. (1895 )
  • The Campo Santo of Germans to Rome. History of the National Foundation for 1100jährigen anniversary of its foundation by Charlemagne. (1896 )
  • Pope Pius X. A life painting of St.. Father. With a look back at the last days of Leo XIII. (1903 )
  • Roma Sacra. The Eternal City in its Christian monuments and memories old and new time. (1905)
  • Constantine the Great church buildings in Rome. (1913 )
  • The new pope. Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XV. (1915 )
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