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Frère Roger was a male author and musician from the United Kingdom. He was born on 12 May 1915 and died on 16 August 2005. His musical work has been classified under genres including british, contemporary folk, folk rock, pop, and singer-songwriter.
As an author, he is credited with seven works. Notable titles include *No greater love*, *Brother Roger of Taize*, *Festival*, *Life From Within*, and *The Wonder of a Love*. Crossref records indicate five associated works. An official website for Frère Roger is available online.
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Key facts
- Successor
- Brother Alois
- Born
- Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche , ( 1915-05-12 ) 12 May 1915, Provence , Vaud , Switzerland
- Died
- 16 August 2005 (2005-08-16) (aged 90), Taizé, Saône-et-Loire , France
- Denomination
- Reformed Christianity , later reconciliation with Catholicism
- Education
- Reformed theology
- Alma mater
- University of Strasbourg , University of Lausanne
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roger
- Family name
- Schütz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Provence
- Place of death
- Taizé
- Occupation
- theologian
- Educated at
- University of Lausanne
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Participant in
- Second Vatican Council
- Official website
- www.taize.fr/pl
- Image
- Brother Roger at prayer.jpg
- Religious order
- Taizé Community
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- Commons category
- Frère Roger
- date of death
- 2005-08-16
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- Frère Roger
- manner of death
- homicide
- member of
- Taizé Community
- place of burial
- Burgundy
- cause of death
- stab wound
- name in native language
- Frère Roger
- birth name
- Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche
- date of birth
- 1915-05-12
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Bachs
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Encyclopedic overview
Roger Schutz (12 May 1915 – 16 August 2005), popularly known as Brother Roger (French: Frère Roger), was a Swiss Christian leader and monastic brother. In 1940 Schutz founded the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in Burgundy, France, serving as its first prior until his murder in 2005. Towards the end of his life, the Taizé Community was attracting international attention, welcoming thousands of young pilgrims every week, which it has continued to do after his death.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frère Roger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.