Franz Ehrle
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The Most Rev. Lord, His Eminence, Franz Ehrle, S.J. |
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| Cardinal Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio | |
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| Other posts | Prefect of the Vatican Library (1895-1914) |
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| Ordination | 24 September 1876 |
| Created Cardinal | 11 December 1922 by Pope Pius XI |
| Rank | Cardinal Deacon |
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| Born |
October 17, 1845 Isny im Allgäu, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation |
| Died | March 31, 1934 (aged 88) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Buried | Campo Verano |
| Parents | Franz Ehrle & Berta von Frölich |
| Alma mater | Maria Laach Abbey (1868); Ditton Hall, Liverpool, England (1877) |
Franz Ehrle, S.J., (17 October 1845 – 31 March 1934) was a German Jesuit priest and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archivist of the Secret Archives of the Vatican, in the course of which he became a leading agent in the revival of Thomism in the teachings of the Catholic Church.
He was born in Isny im Allgäu in the Kingdom of Württemberg, the son of Franz Ehrle, a physician, and Berta von Frölich. He was educated at the Jesuit school Stella Matutina in Feldkirch. He joined the Society of Jesus on 20 September 1861. After completing the two years of his novitiate program of formation at Groheim, Hohenzollern, he followed the course of humanities at the College of Friedricksburg in Münster, and later at the Jesuit college at Maria Laach Abbey, where he studied philosophy (1865–1868). For the regency phase of his training in the Society of Jesus, from 1868-1873 Ehrle was sent to teach at his old secondary school, Stella Matutina, where he taught English, French and philosophy. Because of an anti-Jesuit policy that followed the publication of the Kulturkampf in Germany, Ehrle, along with other German companions, had to carry on his studies abroad. He did his studies in theology at Ditton Hall, the Jesuit seminary in Liverpool, England (1873–1877).
After being ordained a priest on 24 September 1876 in Liverpool, Ehrle did pastoral work in a home for the poor at Preston, Lancashire, before being transferred in 1878 to Tervuren, Belgium, where the German Jesuit periodical Stimmen aus Maria-Laach (Voices from Maria Laach) had established its office in exile, to serve as its editor.
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