LOCH, VALENTIN. - Catholic theologian and exegete, b. at Bamberg on 24 Sept. 1813, d. there on 14 June 1893. He pursued theological studies at Bamberg and at Munich. He was professor of theology at Amberg (1843-63), then of exegesis at Bamberg (1865-84), and president of the Bamberg Historical Association (1875-83).
L. is known for the German version of Holy Scripture, in collaboration with W. Reischl (4 vols., Regensburg 1851-66; reprinted there several times up to 1915).
He was also a meritorious editor of the Biblia Sacra Vulgatae editionis (4 vols., Regensburg 1849; 11th ed., ibid. 1911); Novum Testamentum graece et latine (ibid. 1862); Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes (ibid. 1866; 2nd ed., ibid. 1886). He left other works on scriptural subjects; furthermore: Materialien zu einer lateinischen Grammatik der Vulgata (Bamberg 1870). L. also edited the new edition of the Lexicon Graeco-Latinum in libros Novi Testamenti of Ch. G. Wilke (Regensburg 1858).
L.'s literary activity embraced, besides local church history, dogmatic theology; he procured the German version of the Canones et decreta of the Council of Trent (Regensburg 1869) and of the Catechismus Romanus (ibid. 1872).
Bibliography2 worksM. Katzenberger, Jahresbericht des k. b. Lyzenns in Bamberg für das Jahr 1895-93, Bamberg 1893, pp. 22-24; F. Lauchert, s. v. in Allgemeine
BIBL.: M. Katzenberger, Jahresbericht des k. b. Lyzenns in Bamberg für das Jahr 1895-93, Bamberg 1893, pp. 22-24; F. Lauchert, s. v. in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, p. 52 ff.
Metzinger, Adalberto. “Loch, valentin.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1461. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/loch-valentin.
MLA
Metzinger, Adalberto. “Loch, valentin.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1461. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/loch-valentin.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_loch_valentin,
author = {Metzinger, Adalberto},
title = {Loch, valentin},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1461},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/loch-valentin}
}
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