Born: 1918 Dead: December 6, 1991, A Franciscan Friar and professor of archaeology at the Studium_Biblicum_Franciscanum in Jerusalem. Remembered for the exacavations of many religious sites: * the Shepherds'_field near Bethlehem * the place of the Ascension on the Mount_of_Olives * the fortress of Herod_the_Great ("Herodion") * another Herodian fortress across the river Jordan ("Machaerus") * a Byzantine basilica and Monastery on Mt. Nebo in Jordan * the church of the Holy_Sepulchre * the ancient city of Magdala {{archaeologist-stub}}