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Augustin Bea
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German Jesuit priest and scholar and cardinal (1881-1968)
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Augustin Bea was a German theologian, university teacher, Catholic priest and Catholic bishop, born in Blumberg on 28 May 1881. A member of the Society of Jesus, he studied at the University of Freiburg, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the University of Innsbruck and the Pontifical Biblical Institute, later teaching at the Pontifical Gregorian University and serving as a cardinal, consecrated by John XXIII, Giuseppe Pizzardo and Benedetto Aloisi Masella.
He took part in the 1963 papal conclave and the Second Vatican Council, belonged to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Athens, and received the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, and the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. He died in Rome on 16 November 1968.
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Key facts
- Appointed
- 6 June 1960
- Term ended
- 16 November 1968
- Predecessor
- None
- Successor
- Johannes Willebrands
- Other post
- Cardinal–Deacon of San Saba
- Previous posts
- Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in Germany (1921-1924) Rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute (1930-1949) Titular Archbishop of Germania in Numidia (1962–1963) President of the Pontifical Commission for the Neo-Vulgate (1965-1968)
- Ordination
- 25 August 1912, by Hermann Jürgens
- Consecration
- 19 April 1962, by Pope John XXIII
- Created cardinal
- 14 December 1959, by Pope John XXIII
- Rank
- Cardinal-Deacon
- Born
- Augustin Bea , ( 1881-05-28 ) 28 May 1881, Riedböhringen, German Empire
- Died
- 16 November 1968 (1968-11-16) (aged 87), Rome , Italy
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Motto
- In nomine domini Jesu (In the name of the Lord Jesus)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Blumberg
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Educated at
- Pontifical Biblical Institute
- Employer
- Pontifical Biblical Institute
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- Second Vatican Council
- Image
- CardinalBea.jpg
- Religious order
- Society of Jesus
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- Augustin Bea
- date of birth
- 1881-00-00
- date of death
- 1968-01-01
- name in native language
- Augustin Bea
- consecrator
- Benedetto Aloisi Masella
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/b/bea.htm
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Encyclopedic overview
Augustin Bea SJ (28 May 1881 – 16 November 1968) was a German Jesuit priest, cardinal, and scholar at the Pontifical Gregorian University, specialising in biblical studies and biblical archaeology. He also served as the personal confessor of Pope Pius XII.
He was made a cardinal in 1959 by Pope John XXIII and served as the first president of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity from 1960 until his death. Bea was a leading biblical scholar and ecumenist, who greatly influenced Christian-Jewish relations during the Second Vatican Council in Nostra aetate. Bea published several books, mostly in Latin, and 430 articles.
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