The Reverend Florentine Stanislaus Bechtel, S.J., (February 4, 1857 – November 22, 1933) was a French-born American Biblical scholar.
Biography
Florentine Stanislaus Bechtel was born in Haguenau, Alsace on February 4, 1857.[1]
He was educated at the College of Providence in Amiens. He entered the Jesuits in 1874 in his native France and was sent to serve the Jesuit missions in the Midwestern United States and studied theology at the former Jesuit St. Stanislaus Seminary in Florissant, Missouri.[2] He taught Hebrew and Sacred Scripture at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, and was a contributor to the Catholic Encyclopedia articles, including: Pillar of Cloud; Plagues of Egypt, Machabees, etc.
Bechtel died in Chicago on November 22, 1933.[3]
References
- ^ The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers. The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. p. 12. Retrieved May 24, 2021 – via archive.org.
b. near Haguenau, Alsace, 4 February 1857. Education: College of Providence, Amiens, France; Jesuit Scholasticate, Florissant, Missouri; Woodstock College, Maryland; University of Chicago
- ^ "Florissant, Missouri". Turgigpedia. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
- ^ "Deaths of the Day". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Chicago. AP. November 24, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved May 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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