WICKI, Josef. Zürich 30.6.1904—Feldkirch 17.2.1996. Fr. S.J. Swiss Historian of Missions. Son of Franz Wicki and Rosa Witprächtiger. Joined S.J. in 1922 in Tisis near Feldkirch. Studied philosophy at Berchmanskolleg in Pullach, Bavaria, and theology at Barcelona and Innsbruck. Dr. Theol. In 1935-88 worked in the Historical Institute of Jesuits in Rome, then retired to Tisis.
Publications: With G. Schurhammer, Epistolae Sancti Francisci Xaverii aliaque eius scripta. 1-2. 1129 p. Rome 1944-45.
– Edited: Documenta Indica. 1-18. Rome 1948-88.
– Auszüge aus den Briefen der Jesuitengeneräle an die Obern in Indien 1549–1613. 56 p. Rome 1953.
– O Homem das trinta e duas perfeições e outras histórias (Ms. Opp. NN. 192 do Arq. Rom. S.J.). Escritos da literatura indiana, traduzidos por Dom Francisco Garcia S. J. 342 p. Lisbon 1958
.– Liste der Jesuiten-Indienfahrer: 1541–1758. 199 p. Münster 1967.
– Tratado do P.e Gonçalo Fernandes Trancoso sobre o Hinduıśmo (Maduré 1616). Lisbon 1973.
– “Das Schulwesen der Jesuiten in Portugiesisch-Indien 1599 bis 1759”, Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu 55, 1986, 33-85.
– Further works and articles.
Sources: German Wikipedia.
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