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Lucien Deiss
French priest and composer
Lucien Deiss, CSSp was a French Catholic priest, biblical scholar, and liturgical composer.
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He was born in Eschbach, Bas-Rhin, on 2 September 1921, and died on 9 October 2007 at the age of 86.[2]
Biography
Deiss entered the Congregation of the Holy Ghost in 1942, and was ordained a priest in 1943, both during World War II.
He also studied at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome. Passionate about the Bible and liturgy, for a year he was professor of Holy Scripture at the newly established major seminary of Brazzaville, Congo. Returning to France for health reasons in 1948, he spent decades as a professor and a retiree at the seminary of Chevilly-Larue, which later renamed its library in his honor.[2][3][4]
Deiss composed over 400 pieces of liturgical music, many inspired by Gregorian chant and Renaissancepolyphony with biblical texts.[2] He once described the impetus for h