Ambrosius Eßer
OP (born Klaus Eßer, also spelled Eszer, or Esser; 19 November 1933 in
Düsseldorf
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– 12 April 2010 in
Berlin
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) was a German church historian and member of the
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers (, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic Church, Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilians, Castilian priest named Saint Dominic, Dominic de Gu ...
. He died of a
pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an pulmonary artery, artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Symptoms of a PE may include dyspnea, shortness of breath, chest pain ...
.
Eszer served for many years as professor at the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'' in Rome, Italy.
Honours
* 1987:
Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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* 1996:
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art () is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system.
History
The "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art" was established by the National C ...
* 2008:
* 2008:
Medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
References
Obituary
1933 births
2010 deaths
Writers from Düsseldorf
20th-century German historians
20th-century German Roman Catholic priests
German Dominicans
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
German male non-fiction writers
Clergy from Düsseldorf
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