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Max Thurian

August 16, 1921 – August 15, 1996

subprior of the Taize Community (1921–1996)

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Max Thurian was a Swiss theologian and religious in the ecumenical community of Taizé. Together with Roger Schütz, he was an observer at the Second Vatican Council, later converted to Catholicism and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Naples in 1987.

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  • Birthday · August 16
  • Anniversary · August 15

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