a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born in 1805 at Munster. He studied theology at the universities of Bonn, Tubingen, and of his native place, received holy orders in 1832, and at the same time the degree as doctor of theology from the Munich University. In 1834 he commenced his academical lectures, was in 1835 professor extraordinarius and in' 1836 ordinarius of dogmatics in his native place, and died there, Dec. 6, 1881. He wrote, Apologetik der Kirche, oder Begrundung der Wahrheit und Gottlichkeit des Christenthums' (Munster, 1834): — Katholische Dogmatik (ibid. 1839-64, 7 vols.). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. i, 113; Literarischer Handweiser fur das kathol. Deutschland, No.:45, col. 201. (B. P.)