Anselm Sparber

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Anselm Sparber
ChurchCatholic Church (Italy)
ProvinceTrento
DioceseBolzano-Brixen
Personal details
Born(1883-05-13)May 13, 1883
Stilfes
DiedNovember 26, 1969(1969-11-26) (aged 86)
Mals

Anselm Sparber (May 13, 1883 in Stilfes, now municipality Freienfeld – November 26, 1969 in Mals, South Tyrol) was an South Tyrolean Catholic priest, theologian, and religious author.

Early life[edit]

Anselm Sparber from hamlet Egg, was ordained a priest in 1909. He was assigned to parish in Fiè am Schlern and Natz, later he became a vicar in Falzes. He worked as a tracher in Vinzentinum high school, since 1933 he also was working in Brixen diocesan seminary,[1] where he was teaching general and local church history. In 1939 he was appointed Brixen diocese Archivist and was admitted to diocesan consistory.[2]

Anselm Sparber wrote numerous works on the church and local history of South Tyrol.

Works[edit]

  • Abriss der Geschichte des Chorherrensiftes Neustift bei Brixen (1920),
  • Die Marienwallfahrt Trens (1928).

Awards[edit]

  • Badge of honor of South Tyrol
  • Award of Walther-von-der-Vogelweide
  • honorary member of University of Innsbruck
  • a street was named after him in the center of Pfalzen

References[edit]

Note

  1. ^ "Digitalisierter Bestand der Landesbibliothek Dr. Friedrich Teßmann". digital.tessmann.it. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  2. ^ "Digitalisierter Bestand der Landesbibliothek Dr. Friedrich Teßmann". digital.tessmann.it. Retrieved 2023-06-10.

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