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Pius Zingerle | |
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| Born | (1801-03-17)17 March 1801 Meran |
| Died | 10 January 1881(1881-01-10) (aged 79) Marienberg, Meran |
| Alma mater | Innsbruck |
| Known for | Syriac translations |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Oriental languages |
| Institutions | Abbey of Marienberg, Sapienza, Vatican Library |
Pius Zingerle (17 March 1801 – 10 January 1881) was an AustrianOrientalist.
Zingerle was born atMeran,Tyrol. After studying thehumanities at Meran,philosophy and two years oftheology atInnsbruck, he joined theBenedictines atMarienberg in 1820, took vows, 20 October 1822, and was ordained priest, 4 April 1824. With the exception of six years (1824-7 and 1837-9) during which he was assistant pastor at Platt and at St. Martin, two parishes in the Valley ofPasseier, he was professor, since 1852 also director at thegymnasium of Meran. Upon the invitation ofPius IX, he became professor ofSemitic languages at theSapienza in Rome in March, 1862. While in Rome he was also consultor of the Propaganda for Oriental Affairs and scriptor of theVatican Library.
Unable to accustom himself to the Roman climate, he returned to Marienberg in 1865, where he was made sub-prior and professor of theology. He had a fair knowledge ofHebrew,Arabic, andPersian, was an acknowledged master ofSyriac, and gained considerable fame through his German versions of the writings ofSaint Ephraem.
Zingerle died at theAbbey of Marienberg near Meran, 10 January 1881.
The following are his chief works:
He contributed various essays on the Ephraemic metre and on the Syrian metre in general toZeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft, vols. II-XIX, and other Syrian studies toTübinger Theologische Quartalschrift in the years 1853 and 1870-71. He is also the author of two volumes of German poems (vol. I, Innsbruck, 1843; vol. II, Mainz, 1860) and of a few ascetical and other works of minor importance.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pius Zingerle".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.