THALHOFER, VALENTIN. - Liturgist and theologian, b. at Unterroth near Ulm, Germany, 21 Jan. 1825; d. there 17 Sept. 1891.
From 1850 to 1863 he was professor of exegesis and biblical archaeology at Dillingen-Donau; from 1863 to 1876, of pastoral discipline at Munich, where he directed the « Georgianum »; from 1876, of liturgy at Eichstätt, where in 1877 he became dean and in 1889 provost of the Chapter of the cathedral.
A prolific writer both in the biblical-exegetical field and in the patristic and pastoral fields, and especially in sacred liturgy. From 1869 to 1888 he directed the German edition of the works of the Church Fathers; he published Erklärung der Psalmen (Dillingen 1857), Opferlehre des Hebräerbriefes (ibid. 1855), Die Opfer des A. und N. Bundes (Munich 1870), and prepared a new edition of the Rituale Eystetiense-Romanum and a Manuale Rituum (1879-80). His principal work, however, and one of great importance, was the Handbuch der katholischen Liturgik (1883-93), with supplements, based on his manuscripts, by A. Schmid on the canonical hours. A new ed. of vol. I was prepared in 1894 by A. Ebner, and the entire work was subsequently recast by L. Eisenhofer (v.), Freiburg im Br. 1912-32; 2nd ed. ibid. 1940-41.