Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Literature

Seeber, Josef

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SEEBER, JOSEF. - Tyrolean poet, b. at Bruneck in 1856, d. at Enns (Austria) in 1919. A priest in 1878, he was a professor at the minor seminary "Vinzentinum" of Brixen. Later he was a professor of religion at the military academy of Wiener-Neustadt.

Notable are his epic poems: Der ewige Jude (1894, 16th ed. 1920), Christus (3rd ed. 1914), St. Elisabeth von Thüringen (1883, 4th ed. 1919); the tragedy Judas (1887). Famous are his songs to the Sacred Heart: Auf zum Schwur Tiroler Land, and to the Immaculate Conception: Aus des Elends tiefstem Grund, set to music by the composer of Brixen Can. Ignazio Mitterer. S. moreover reworked Lindemann's Geschichte der deutschen Literatur in the 6th edition.

Giovanni Baur

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By Giovanni Baur

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 231.

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Baur, Giovanni. “Seeber, josef.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 231. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/seeber-josef.

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Baur, Giovanni. “Seeber, josef.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 231. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/seeber-josef.

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@incollection{ec11_seeber_josef,
  author    = {Baur, Giovanni},
  title     = {Seeber, josef},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {231},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/seeber-josef}
}

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