Ambrosius Eßer

Ambrosius Eßer OP (born Klaus Eßer, also spelled Eszer, or Esser; 19 November 1933 in Düsseldorf – 12 April 2010 in Berlin) was a German church historian and member of the Dominican Order. He died of a pulmonary embolism.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Eszer served for many years as professor at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy.

Honours

{{Flag|Germany}} 1987: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
{{Flag|Austria}} 1996: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour | language = German | page=1057 |trans-title=| accessdate = 14 January 2013 }}
{{Flag|Austria}} 2008: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour | language = German | page=1872 |trans-title=| accessdate = 29 November 2012 }}
{{Flag|Vatican City}} 2008: Medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719054924/http://www.liborius.de/nachrichten/ansicht/artikel/dominikanerp.html Obituary]

Category:1933 births

Category:2010 deaths

Category:Writers from Düsseldorf

Category:20th-century German historians

Category:20th-century German Roman Catholic priests

Category:German Dominicans

Category:Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Category:Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria

Category:Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class

Category:German male non-fiction writers

Category:Clergy from Düsseldorf