a German Jesuit, was born in 1800 at Strasburg. In 1817 he joined his order, and was professor at the college of Brieg, in Switzerland, where he educated most of the Jesuits, who since 1848 have acted as missionaries in Germany. He died November 8, 1871, at Maria-Einsiedeln, leaving, Grundliche und leichtfassliche Erklarung des katholischen Katechismus. (1857-63, 5 volumes): — Die vollkommene Lebe Gottes (Ratisbon, 1856): — Examen ad Usum Cleri (2d. ed. 1849; 3d ed. 1866). (B.P.)