# Kilian Kirchhoff

> Padre Kilian Kirchhoff OFM was a Catholic priest, translator and dissident. He was executed by the Third Reich for critical remarks. Austrian-British composer Egon Wellesz said that he "off was the only modern scholar who devoted his life to the evocation of the spirit of Eastern Christianity by translating into German prose the entire treasury of Byzantine hymns of the Office."

*German priest (1892-1944)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 1892-12-18
- **Died:** 1944-04-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Padre Kilian Kirchhoff OFM was a Catholic priest, translator and dissident. He was executed by the Third Reich for critical remarks. Austrian-British composer Egon Wellesz said that he "off was the only modern scholar who devoted his life to the evocation of the spirit of Eastern Christianity by translating into German prose the entire treasury of Byzantine hymns of the Office."

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

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