STEGMILLER, Frumentius. Feldafing, Bavaria 16.6.1880 — Kaufbeuren, Bavaria 2.2.1929. S.D.S. Father. German Catholic Missionary in India. School in Munich. Entered Salvatorian order in 1894, studied theology in Rome and Meran, ordained priest in 1903. In 1906-11 worked in Khasi Hills, Assam (now Meghalaya). Back in Germany, served in WW I as priest in Western Front. After war in Salvatorian publishing house in Munich, 1926 visited Palestine. A photographer.
Publications: “Aus dem religiösen Leben der Khasi”, Anthropos 16-17, 1921-22, 407-441.
– “Opfer und Opferbräuche der Khasi”, Mitt. Anthr. Ges. Wien 54, 1924, 211-231.
– “Pfeilschießen und Jagdgebräuche der Khasi”, Anthropos 20, 1925, 607-623.
Sources: faulhaber-edition.de; salvatorianer.de.
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