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263:"I have . . . frequently made use of the work . . . and it has always proved a reliable guide. whose information was derived from original sources. There is scarcely another scholar as well versed as the author in the feasts of Catholicism. His knowledge is based not only on his own observations, but on books periodicals, papers, and calendars of the past and present. The Feasts of Catholicism! The title is self-explanatory; yet, though the basis of these ordinances is uniform, the details are of infinite variety, since the work treats not only of the Latin but also of the 275:"Facts which elsewhere would have to be sought under difficulties are here marshaled in lucid order, and a very carefully arranged index facilitates inquiry. Apart from the principal aim of the work, it offers valuable information concerning recent Eastern Catholic ecclesiastical history, also authorities and literature useful to the historian of liturgy and creeds. ... His arduous and disinterested toil will be rewarded by the general gratitude, and his work will long prove useful not only to every theologian 'utriusque', but also 'cuiusque ecclesiae'". 337: 22: 122: 208:
Nilles lectured throughout his life — after 1898 usually to the North American theologians, to whom he gave special instructions on canonical conditions in their country, for which task no one was better qualified than he. He was not only a distinguished university professor, but also a director of
189:, two mementoes which lasted throughout his life: his grey hair and a disease of the heart, possibly the result of his experiences in Rome in the revolutionary year 1848–9. From 1853 to 1858 he labored in his own country as 241:(2 vols., 2nd ed., Innsbruck, 1896). Through the latter work he became widely known in the world of scholars. In particular Protestants and Orthodox Russians expressed themselves in terms of the highest praise for the 291:
issued from the synodal printing office in Moscow a "Festbilderatlas" intended to a certain extent as the official Orthodox illustrations for the work.
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of Innsbruck, an international institution where young men from all parts of Europe and the United States were trained for the priesthood.
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and parish priest, and during this time made his first literary attempts. In March, 1858, he entered the Austrian Province of the
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awarded a prize to this work. Soon after the appearance of the second edition of the "Kalendarium", the Russian
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De rationibus festorum sacratissimi Cordis Jesu et purissimi Cordis Mariae libri quatuor
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ecclesiastical students. For fifteen years (1860–75) he presided over the theological
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When he left Rome in 1854, he took with him, in addition to the double doctorate of
280: 229:, gained him a wide reputation. Martin Blum enumerates in his by no means complete 194: 175: 171: 163: 159: 115: 363: 341: 230: 39: 288: 139: 135: 284: 198: 146:, he laid the foundation of his ascetic life and, as a pupil of the 21: 340: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 271:
Of the second volume Harnack wrote (ibid., XXXIII, 1898, 112 sq.):
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Kalendarium manuale utriusque Ecclesiae orientalis et occidentalis
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to fill the chair of canon law in the theological faculty, which
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and, in the autumn of 1859, was summoned by his superiors to
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had shortly before entrusted to the Austrian Jesuits.
316: 314: 312: 310: 308: 306: 304: 233:fifty-seven works, of which the two principal are: 356:. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 301: 134:Nilles was born into a wealthy peasant family of 361: 150:, under the guidance of distinguished scholars ( 223:Commentaria in Concilium Baltimorense tertium 48:introducing citations to additional sources 114:(21 June 1828–31 January 1907) was a 237:(2 vols., 5th ed., Innsbruck, 1885) and 120: 38:Relevant discussion may be found on the 345: 320: 362: 15: 395:Alumni of the Athénée de Luxembourg 13: 14: 416: 375:Luxembourgian non-fiction writers 350:". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). 335: 31:relies largely or entirely on a 20: 225:(1884–90) and his short essay, 1: 330: 257:Theologische Literaturzeitung 255:of Berlin wrote of it in the 7: 10: 421: 346:Hofmann, Michael (1911). " 294: 216: 203:Emperor Francis Joseph I 156:Johann Baptist Franzelin 370:Luxembourgian educators 129: 400:Roman Catholic writers 277: 269: 168:Francis Xavier Patrizi 126: 390:Luxembourgian Jesuits 353:Catholic Encyclopedia 273: 261: 124: 405:19th-century Jesuits 259:(XXI, 1896, 350–2): 148:Gregorian University 144:Collegium Germanicum 118:writer and teacher. 44:improve this article 127: 253:Adolf von Harnack 152:Antonio Ballerini 109: 108: 94: 59:"Nikolaus Nilles" 412: 357: 339: 338: 324: 318: 281:Romanian Academy 195:Society of Jesus 176:Camillo Tarquini 172:Clement Schrader 164:Giovanni Perrone 125:Nikolaus Nilles. 104: 101: 95: 93: 52: 24: 16: 420: 419: 415: 414: 413: 411: 410: 409: 360: 359: 348:Nikolaus Nilles 336: 333: 328: 327: 319: 302: 297: 227:Tolerari potest 219: 160:Carlo Passaglia 132: 112:Nikolaus Nilles 105: 99: 96: 53: 51: 37: 25: 12: 11: 5: 418: 408: 407: 402: 397: 392: 387: 382: 377: 372: 332: 329: 326: 325: 299: 298: 296: 293: 218: 215: 131: 128: 116:Roman Catholic 107: 106: 42:. Please help 28: 26: 19: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 417: 406: 403: 401: 398: 396: 393: 391: 388: 386: 383: 381: 378: 376: 373: 371: 368: 367: 365: 358: 355: 354: 349: 343: 342:public domain 322: 317: 315: 313: 311: 309: 307: 305: 300: 292: 290: 286: 282: 276: 272: 268: 266: 265:Eastern Rites 260: 258: 254: 250: 248: 244: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 214: 212: 206: 204: 200: 196: 192: 188: 184: 179: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 141: 137: 123: 119: 117: 113: 103: 92: 89: 85: 82: 78: 75: 71: 68: 64: 61: –  60: 56: 55:Find sources: 49: 45: 41: 35: 34: 33:single source 29:This article 27: 23: 18: 17: 351: 334: 321:Hofmann 1911 278: 274: 270: 262: 256: 251: 247:Heortologion 246: 242: 238: 234: 231:bibliography 226: 222: 220: 207: 180: 133: 111: 110: 97: 87: 80: 73: 66: 54: 30: 385:1907 deaths 380:1828 births 243:Kalendarium 364:Categories 331:References 289:Holy Synod 140:Luxembourg 136:Rippweiler 70:newspapers 285:Bucharest 221:Nilles's 199:Innsbruck 187:Canon law 40:talk page 211:seminary 191:chaplain 183:theology 100:May 2014 344::  84:scholar 86:  79:  72:  65:  57:  295:Notes 217:Works 91:JSTOR 77:books 279:The 185:and 174:and 130:Life 63:news 283:in 245:or 46:by 366:: 303:^ 249:. 170:, 166:, 162:, 158:, 154:, 138:, 323:. 102:) 98:( 88:· 81:· 74:· 67:· 50:. 36:.

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