Adalbert Ebner

Who was Adalbert Ebner?

Adalbert Ebner was a German Catholic priest and liturgist born in Straubing, in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Ebner received his ordination in 1886 at Regensburg, mostly likely by Bishop Ignatius von Senestréy, where he subsequently served as vicar at the Alten Kapelle. From 1892 he was docent of patrology, Christian archaeology and liturgy at the Catholic University in Eichstätt. At Eichstätt he also served at the local cathedral from 1892 until his death in 1898, at the age of 36.

Ebner specialized in researching ancient Liturgical books. He was the author of a scholarly monograph on the history of the Roman Missal, titled Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte des Missale Romanum im Mittelalter