Adalbert Ebner (16 December 1861 – 25 February 1898) was a

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and liturgist born in

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, in the

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. Ebner received his

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in 1886 at Regensburg, mostly likely by

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, where he subsequently served as

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at the Alten Kapelle (Old Chapel). From 1892 he was

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, Christian

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and liturgy at the Catholic University in Eichstätt. At

Eichstätt Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Dioce ...

he also served at the local cathedral from 1892 until his death in 1898, at the age of 36. Ebner specialized in researching ancient

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s. He was the author of a scholarly monograph on the history of the

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, titled ''Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte des Missale Romanum im Mittelalter'' (Resources and Research involving History and

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of the Roman Missal during the

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(1896). Other works by Ebner include: * ''Die klösterlichen Gebets-Verbrüderungen bis zum Ausgange deskarolingischen Zeitalters. Eine kirchengeschichtliche Studie'' (1890). * ''Über die gegenwärtigen Aufgaben und Ziele der liturgisch-historischenForschung'' (1898).

References

External sources

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The Catholic Encyclopedia, Missals

External links

* 1861 births 1898 deaths People from Straubing Liturgists 19th-century German Roman Catholic priests Burials in Bavaria {{Germany-academic-bio-stub