Fernand Cabrol (11 December 1855 – 4 June 1937) was a
French theologian,
Benedictine monk
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and respected expert on the history of
Christian worship
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Life
Cabrol was born in
Marseille
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. He studied at the College of Marseilles, and entered the Benedictine order in 1878. He was ordained in 1882. He was a professor of ecclesiastical history at
Solesmes Abbey
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, where he became prior in 1890. From 1890 to 1895 he was a professor of archaeology and ecclesiastical history at the
University of Angers
The University of Angers (french: Université d'Angers; UA) is a public university in western France, with campuses in Angers, Cholet, and Saumur.
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History
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He became prior of St Michael's Abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire in 1896, and abbot
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in 1903, remaining in the post until his death in 1937. A highly respected spiritual guide and scholar in his lifetime, he is now best known perhaps for being a co-founder of the ''Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie'', together with Henri Leclercq
Henri Leclercq (4 December 1869 – 23 March 1945) was a French Catholic priest, theologian, and church historian who spent most of his adult life in the United Kingdom.
Biography
Born in Tournai, Belgium, Leclercq attended the Catholic school t ...
. Cabrol was president of the French section of the Eucharistic Congress of Westminster in 1908; an honorary member of the Academy of Mâcon, France, and honorary professor of the University of Angers. He contributed a number of articles to the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''.[
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Selected works of scholarship
;''Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie''
Cabrol was the founding editor and the majority of the volumes were edited by himself and Henri Leclercq and they also contributed articles to the encyclopaedia (Vol. 14, pt 2 & 15 were edited by H. I. Marrou). By 1953 the work was complete in 15 volumes, each of two parts.
See also
* Farnborough, Hampshire
* St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough
*Order of Saint Benedict
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References
External links
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''The True Cross''
by Fernand Cabrol
''The Mass of the Western Rites''
by Fernand Cabrol
Abbot Fernand Cabrol
1855 births
1937 deaths
Roman Catholic clergy from Marseille
20th-century French Catholic theologians
French Benedictines
Benedictine abbots
Contributors to the Catholic Encyclopedia
French emigrants to the United Kingdom
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