Background
Saller, Sylvester John was born on September 25, 1895 in Petoskey, Michigan, United States. Son of John and Mary (Hofbauer) Saller.
Saller, Sylvester John was born on September 25, 1895 in Petoskey, Michigan, United States. Son of John and Mary (Hofbauer) Saller.
AB, St. Joseph's College, Teutopolis, Illinois, 1913; postgraduate, several Franciscan monasteries, 1913-1922; Lector Generalis Sacrae Scripturae, St. Anthony's College, Rome, 1932; Lector Generalis Sacrae Scripturae, Franciscan Biblical Institute, Jerusalem, 1932.
Professor classical languages, St. Joseph's College, Teutopolis, 1922-1927; professor classical languages, St. Joseph's College, Hinsdale, Illinois, 1927-1928; professor O.T.,, St. Joseph Seminary, 1958-1960; professor archaeology, Franciscan Bible Institute, from 1932; president, Franciscan Monastery of Transfiguration on Mount Thabor, Palestine, 1943-1944; president, Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Flagellation, Jerusalem, 1945-1950. Director excavations at Bethany, Mount Nebo (Siaghah) in Trans-Jordan, 1933, 35, 37, also numerous other Byzantine sites in Nebo region, St. John Baptist's 'Ein Karim, 1941-1942.