Augustin Bea, SJ (May 28, 1881 – November 16, 1968) was a German scholar at the Gregorian University specializing in bibical studies and bibical archeology. He was confessor of Pope Pius XII. In 1959, Pope John XXIII made him cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity from 1960 until his death. Bea was a leading Biblical scholar and ecumenist, who greatly influenced relations to other Christians and Jews during the Second Vatican Council in Nostra Aetate. Bea published several books mostly in Latin and 430 articles.