Anselm Sparber
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ChurchCatholic Church (Italy)
ProvinceTrento
DioceseBolzano-Brixen
Born13 May 1883
The Reverend Anselm Sparber | |
|---|---|
| Church | Catholic Church (Italy) |
| Province | Trento |
| Diocese | Bolzano-Brixen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1883 |
| Died | 26 November 1969 (aged 86) |
Anselm Sparber (May 13, 1883 – November 26, 1969) was a South Tyrolean Catholic priest, theologian, and religious author.
Anselm Sparber, from the hamlet Egg, was ordained a priest in 1909. He was assigned to a parish in Fiè am Schlern and Natz, later becoming a vicar in Falzes. He worked as a teacher at Vinzentinum, and from 1933 he was a Professor of ecclesiastical and diocesan history at the Philosophical-theological College Brixen,.[1] In 1939, he was appointed director of the diocesan archives of Brixen and consistorial councilor.[2]
Anselm Sparber wrote numerous works on the church and local history of South Tyrol.
Works
- Abriss der Geschichte des Chorherrensiftes Neustift bei Brixen (1920),
- Die Marienwallfahrt Trens (1928).
