Kamiel Callewaert

Kamiel Callewaert (Zwevegem, 1 January 1866 - Bruges, 6 August 1943) was a Belgian catholic priest and historian.[1]

Biography

Kamiel Aloys Callewaert was ordained a priest in 1889. He gained a licenciate in canon law at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1892, a topic he would also teach at this university starting at 1910. In 1894, he became a teacher and a school principal. In that same year, he took on the role of president at the Bruges seminary. In 1907, he became a canons regular, and on the 6th of August 1929, he was appointed honorary prelate.[1]

In 1901, Callewaert became a board member of the Association of History of Bruges, of which he would take on the position of chairman in 1934. He was also a member of the Provincial Commission for Monuments.[2]

Callewaert was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Rome, and chairman of the Flemish Federation of Liturgy.[1]

Callewaert had an innovative approach to liturgy and the study of history. Aside of religious duties, he was closely involved with the foundation of Blindenzorg Licht en Liefde, an association that aids the blind and the visually impaired.[3]

Publications

His publications include :-[4]

  • Jansenius, évêque d'Ypres: ses derniers moments, sa soumission au S. Siège, d'après des documents inédits: étude de critique historique par des membres du Séminaire d'histoire ecclésiastique, établi à l'Université Catholique de Louvain, Leuven, 1893.
  • Les reliques de sainte Godelieve à Ghistelles et leurs authentiques, 1908
  • Nouvelles recherches sur la chronologie médiévale en Flandre, Bruges, 1909
  • La durée et le caractère du carême ancien dans l'église latine, Bruges, 1913
  • Chartes anciennes de l'abbaye de Zonnebeke, Bruges, 1925
  • Licht en liefde voor onze blinden, vereeniging tot bescherming van de belangen der blinden (with co-author Maurice Duyvewaardt), Bruges, 1925.
  • De origine cantus Gregoriani, Bruges, 1926.
  • Caeremoniale in missa privata et solemni aliisque frequentioribus functionibus liturgicis servandum, Bruges, 1928
  • Liturgie en eucharistie, Bruges, 1929.
  • Over liturgisch mishooren, Den Bosch, 1930
  • Ons kerkelijk jaar: ontstaan, indeeling, beteekenis, vruchtbaarheid, Den Bosch, 1932.
  • Liturgische beweging: wat ze niet is, wat ze wel is en moet zijn, Den Bosch, 1933.
  • Vasten en Voorvasten, Den Bosch, 1933.
  • Eucharistisch en liturgisch leven, Bruges, 1936.
  • Sacris erudiri: fragmenta liturgica collecta a monachis sancti Petri de Aldenburgo in Steenbrugge ne pereant, Bruges, 1940

Sources
  1. P. Allossery, Mgr. Callewaert als geschiedkundige, 1929.
  2. A. Viaene, In memoriam Mgr. C. Callewaert, in: Handelingen van het genootschap voor Geschiedenis te Brugge, 1940-1946, p. 211-213.
  3. K. Callewaert & M. Duyvewaardt, Licht en liefde voor onze blinden, vereeniging tot bescherming van de belangen der blinden, Bruges, 1925.
  4. Lexicon van Westvlaamse schrijvers, Part 2, Torhout, 1985.
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