Father Michael Patella, OSB, is a monk of Saint John's Abbey, an author,

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, and professor of theology at Saint John's University in

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, United States. He studied at the

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and at the

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Sources

St John's University

Bibliography

* Patella, Michael ''The Death of Jesus'' 1999 * Patella, Michael ''The Gospel According to Luke'' 2005 * Patella, Michael ''Lord of the Cosmos'' 2006 * Patella, Michael ''Angels and Demons: A Christian Primer of the Spiritual World'' 2012 * Patella, Michael ''Word and Image: The Hermeneutics of The Saint John's Bible'' 2013 1954 births Living people 20th-century American academics 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American Roman Catholic theologians 21st-century American academics 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American Roman Catholic theologians American male non-fiction writers American religious writers American Roman Catholic writers Catholics from Minnesota Pontifical Biblical Institute alumni {{US-theologian-stub