Valentine Theodore Schaaf

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Valentine Theodore Schaaf OFM (March 18, 1883-December 1, 1946) was a Catholic priest from Ohio, USA. In the 1920s he wrote The Cloister. [1] He became Dean of the school of canon law at The Catholic University of America and, from 1945 to 1946, a General Minister of the Friars Minor (OFM). A scholarship fund is named for him. [2]

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References

  1. The Ecclesiastical Review, page 662, 1921
  2. March 2004 - Canon Law Society of America (PDF)