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{{Short description|Swiss cardinal, monk, and Roman curial official (1897–1970)}}

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'''Benno Walter Gut''', [[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]] (April 1, 1897—December 8, 1970) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as [[Prefect]] of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments|Congregation for Divine Worship]] in the [[Roman Curia]] from 1969 until his death, and was elevated to the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinalate]] in 1967.▼

|image = Abbot Benno Gut OSB.jpg

|honorific_suffix = [[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]]

|title title= [[Prefect]] of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments|Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship]] |▼

|church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]

|appointed = 8 May 1969

|term_end = 8 December 1970

|predecessor =

|successor =

|other_post = [[San Giorgio in Velabro|Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro]] (1967–70)

|ordination = 10 July 1921

|consecration = 18 June 1967

|consecrated_by = [[Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant]]

|cardinal = 26 June 1967

|created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Paul VI]]

|rank = [[Cardinal-deacon]]

|birth_name = Walter Gut

|birth_date = 1 April 1897

|birth_place = [[Reiden]], [[Basel, Switzerland|Basel]], [[Switzerland]]

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1970|12|08|1897|04|01}}

|death_place = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]

|buried = [[Einsiedeln Abbey|Archabbey of Maria Einsiedeln]]

|previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Einsiedeln Abbey|Abbot Ordinary of Maria Einsiedeln]] (1947–59)|President of the Benedictine Congregation of Switzerland (1947–59)|[[Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict|Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict]] (1959–67)|[[Thuccabora|Titular Archbishop of Thuccabora]] (1967)|[[Congregation for Rites|Prefect of the Congregation for Rites]] (1968–69)|President of the Consilium for Implementing the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (1968–69)}}

|alma_mater = [[University of Basel]]<br/>[[Anselmianum|Pontificio Sant'Anselmo]]<br/>[[Pontifical Biblical Institute]]

|motto = ''Gaudete in Domino semper''

|coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Benno Walter Gut.svg

}}▼

▲'''Benno Walter Gut''', {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]]}} (April 1, April 1897 &mdashndash;December 8, December 1970) was a [[SwitzerlandBenedictine]] [[monk]] of the [[Einsiedeln Abbey|SwissArchabbey of Maria Einsiedeln]], [[Switzerland]], and a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinalcardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as [[Prefectprefect]] of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments|Congregation for Divine Worship]] in the [[Roman Curia]] from 1969 until his death, and was elevated to the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinalate]] in 1967.

==Biography==

BornWalter Gut was born in [[Reiden]], '''Walter Gut'''Switzerland, entered the [[Order of Saint Benedict]] at the [[Einsiedeln Abbey]], taking [[Religious name|the name]]Archabbey of '''Benno''', which wasMaria the name of the abbey's [[rectorEinsiedeln]], uponmade his monastic [[Profession (religious)|profession]] as a monk on 6 January 61918, 1918and was given [[Religious name|the name]] of "''Benno''". He studiedbegan his studies at the [[EinsiedelnCollege Abbeyof College]]Maria Einsideln, at the [[College or university school of music|Musicalmusical Conservatoryconservatory]] of [[Basel]], [[University of Basel]], andat the Benedictine [[Anselmianum|Pontificio Sant'Anselmo]] all'Aventino|Internationalin CollegeRome, ofand Saintat Anselm]] andthe [[Pontifical Biblical Institute]] in [[Rome]]. [[Holy Ordersorders in the Catholic Church|Ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] on 10 July 10, 1921, Gut finished his studies in 1923 and then did [[Parish (Catholic Church)|pastoral]] work at Einsiedeln Abbey until 1930.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Holzherr |first1=Georg |date=17 December 1970 |title=Kardinal Benno Gut zum Gedenken |language=DE |journal=Schweizer Kirchenzeitung |volume=138 |pages=725–726}}</ref>

Gut taught at his ''[[alma mater]]'' of the"Pontificio International College of Saint Anselm in RomeSant'Anselmo" from 1930 to 1939, at which time he returned to Switzerland and became a [[professor]] at the Einsiedeln Abbey College. On April 15, April 1947, he was elected [[Abbotabbot]] of the Archabbey of Maria Einsiedeln, receiving the traditional [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal]] [[benediction]] of new abbots from Archbishop [[Filippo Bernardini]] on the following May 5 May. On 24 September 1959, Gut was elected as the fourth [[Abbot]] [[Primate (religion)|Primate]] of the [[Benedictine Confederation]], and thus head of the Benedictine order, on September 24, 1959. From 1962 to 1965 he attended the [[Second Vatican Council]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Engelbert |first= Pius |date= 2015 |title= Sant'Anselmo in Rome |pages= 296 |location= Collegeville |publisher= Liturgical Press |isbn= 9780814637135}}</ref>

On 10 June 10, 1967, Gut was appointed [[Titular bishop|Titular Archbishop]] of ''Thuccabora'' by [[Pope Paul VI]]. He received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal consecration]] eight days later, on June 18 June, from Cardinal [[Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant|Eugène Cardinal Tisserant]], with Bishops [[Joseph Hasler]] and [[Johannes Vonderach]] serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]], at Einsiedelnthe AbbeyArchabbey of Maria Einsiedeln.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bischof |first=Franz Xaver |date=2002 |title= Die Bischöfe der deutschsprachigen Länder 1945-2001 |language=DE|location= Berlin |publisher=Duncker & Humblot |page=591 |isbn=9783428106844}}</ref>

[[Pope Paul VI]] created him [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal Deacon]] of ''[[San Giorgio al Velabro|S. Giorgio in Velabro]]'' in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of June 26 ofJune thatthe same year in advance of naming him [[Prefectprefect]] of [[Congregation of Rites]] on the following June 29 June. Along with Prefectprefect of Ritesrites, Gut also assumed in 1968 the position of [[president (corporate title)|president]] of the ''consilium'' for [[Liturgical Movement|liturgical reform]], of which the Benedictine abbot was an advocate.<ref>TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841196,00.html Changing the Old Guard] January 19, 1968</ref> He later resigned as Abbotabbot Primateprimate of the Benedictine Confederation on September 8, September 1967. With the dissolution of the Congregation of Rites, the Cardinalcardinal became Prefectprefect of the newly- established [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments|Congregation for Divine Worship]] on May 7, May 1969.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=19 January 1968 |title=Roman Catholics: Changing the Old Guard |url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,841196,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |location=New York|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>

Gut died in Rome at the age of 73. He is buried in Archabbey of Maria Einsiedeln.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.benediktinerlexikon.de/wiki/Gut,_Benno |title=Benno Gut |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.benediktinerlexikon.de |language=DE |publisher=Biographia Benedictina (Benedictine Biography) |access-date= 21 September 2021|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.klosterarchiv.ch/e-archiv_professbuch_liste.php |title=P. Benno (Walter) Gut von Reiden |author=<!--Not stated--> |language=DE|website=www.klosterarchiv.ch |publisher=Einsiedeln |access-date=21 September 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

Gut died in Rome, at age 73. He is buried in Einsiedeln Abbey.

==References==

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==External links==

* [https://www.kloster-einsiedeln.ch/ Archabbey of Maria Einsiedeln] (in German)

*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgut.html Catholic-Hierarchy]▼

* [https://ateneo.anselmianum.com/ Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo] (in Italian and English)

*[http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-g.htm#Gut Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]

* [https://www.osb.org/the-benedictine-order/the-benedictine-confederation/ The Benedictine Confederation of Congregations of Monasteries of the Order of Saint Benedict] (in Italian and English)

* [http://www.osbatlas.com/ International Atlas of Benedictine Monasteries] (in English)

▲* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgut.html Catholic-Hierarchy]

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