This monography brings an outline of life and work of an important Catholic exegete of Czech origin, Fr Vincenc Zapletal OP (1867-1938), who taught at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Born in Vilémov by Litovel, Moravia, he entered the Dominican Order in Olomouc at the age of 16.
He followed then the philosophical and theological studies of the Order in Vienna and the specialised bible studies at the Jerusalem Bible School. Since 1893, when named a professor of Old Testament exegesis, he taught at the theological faculty of Catholic University in Fribourg, Switzerland, until 1928.