Augustin Bea
Catholic cardinal
Died when: 87 years 172 days (1049 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Augustin Bea, S.J. (28 May 1881 – 16 November 1968), was a German Jesuit priest, cardinal, and scholar at the Pontifical Gregorian University, specialising in biblical studies and biblical archaeology.
He also served as the personal confessor of Pope Pius XII.He was made a cardinal in 1959 by Pope John XXIII and served as the first president of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity from 1960 until his death.
Bea was a leading biblical scholar and ecumenist, who greatly influenced Christian-Jewish relations during the Second Vatican Council in Nostra aetate.
Bea published several books, mostly in Latin, and 430 articles.
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