Irénée Hausherr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Irénée Hausherr

French priest

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1891

Place of Birth: Eguisheim, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1978

Profession: Catholic priest, theologian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Irénée Hausherr (7 June 1881, Eguisheim - 5 December 1978, Colmar) was a Jesuit of Alsatian origin and specialist in Greek patristic and monastic spirituality.
Ordained priest in 1923 after studies in the Netherlands, he became a professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, where he is claimed to have pioneered the study of the spirituality of the Christian East at an academic level.
In this he was seconded by the future Cardinal Tomas Spidlik.
Several of his works take their title from key terms of Desert spirituality, e.g., penthos; and philautia (philautie).
He published mainly for the Pontifical Oriental Institute, also in Analecta Bollandiana, and Cistercian Publications, Kalamazoo.
He was a specialist in Hesychasm.