Emil von Bülow
Emil Freiherr von Bülow (30 May 1817 in Neubrandenburg – 12 April 1903 in Kalksburg near Vienna) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman and provincial of the Jesuits.
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Biography
Emil von Bülow studied law at the universities of Bonn and Heidelberg. After graduating, he trained as an agriculturalist and in 1843 acquired the allodial estate of Ehmkendorf, now a district of Stubbendorf, which he sold again in 1846. On a trip to Italy, he met Karl von Vogelsang and became part of his circle of friends, which also included Franz Chassot von Florencourt, Friedrich Maassen and Iwan von Gloeden.
In 1850 he converted to the Roman Catholic Church in Innsbruck. The following year he joined the Society of Jesus. He studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Linz and in Rome and was ordained priest in 1857.
From 1866 to 1871 he was rector and novice master in the Jesuit College of Trnava. From 1871 to 1877 he was provincial for Austria-Hungary. He promoted the Kalksburg College and was rector in Sankt Andrä from 1877 to 1885. From 1885 to 1901 he worked in Lainz, then in Steyr.
Works
- Hundert Lebensbilder aus der österreichisch ungarischen Provinz der Gesellschaft Jesu (1902)
References
- Ladislaus Pámer, P. Emil Bülow S. J. aus dem Geschlechte der Reichsfreiherrn von Bülow 1817–1903: ein Konvertitenbild. Innsbruck: Rauch (1924)
