Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 History & biography Historians, various biographies

Lütolf, Alois

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LÜTOLF, ALOIS. - Swiss historian, b. 23 July 1824 at Gettnau (canton of Lucerne), d. 18 Apr. 1879 at Lucerne. A priest in 1850, he was a professor at St. Gallen in 1852 and parish priest at Lucerne in 1856. Professor of Church history, archaeology and patrology at the Seminary of Lucerne in 1868, he was president of the Historical Society of the Five Cantons in 1876. He devoted himself particularly to the study of Swiss ecclesiastical history and to that of the myths and literature of Old German. Among his works are remembered: Die Schweizergarde in Rom im 16. Jahrhundert (1859); Sagen, Bräuche und Legenden aus den fünf Orten (1865); Josef Eutych Kopp (1868); Die Glaubensboten der Schweiz vor St. Gallus, in Forschungen und Quellen zur schweizerischen Kirchengeschichte (1871); and a volume continuing Y. E. Kopp, Geschichte der eidgenössischen Bünde (V, 2, 1882), published posthumously.

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BIBL.: J. Schmid, Erinnerungen an Dr. A. L., Lucerne 1880. Silvio Furlani

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By Silvio Furlani

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), coll. 1728–1729.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Lütolf, alois.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, coll. 1728–1729. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lutolf-alois.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Lütolf, alois.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 1728–1729. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lutolf-alois.

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@incollection{ec7_lutolf_alois,
  author    = {Furlani, Silvio},
  title     = {Lütolf, alois},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1728--1729},
  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/lutolf-alois}
}

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