a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born at Bamberg, November 3, 1803. For some time tutor of the Bavarian royal family, he was in 1847 appointed dean of the chapter of the episcopal diocese Munchen-Freising, and died at Munich, December 23, 1882. He wrote, Die Sendung des Propheten Jonas nach Niniveh (Bamberg, 1826): — Abriss der christlichen Kirchengeschichte fur Katholiken (1834): — Tempel der hauslichen Andacht (Ratisbon, 1841). (B.P.)