a Roman Catholice theologian of Germany, was born December 24, 1777, at Pfaffenberg, in Bavaria. He studied at Munich and Ratisbon, received holy orders in 1801, and acted as chaplain at Penting for a short time. In 1802 he went to Ratisbon as professor of the gymnasium, where he labored until 1806, when he was appointed cathedral preacher. He died January 1, 1829. He published, Die Klaggesdnge des Propheten Jeremias nach der Vulgata, in Versen (Augsburg, 1805): — Die sieben Busspsalmen in gereimten Versen (ibid. 1814): — Die Psalmen nebst den Klageliedern Jeremid und den ubrigen Gesangen der heiligen Schrift in gereimnten Versen (ibid. 1819; 2d ed. 1823): Spriiche der Weisheit, aus den heiligen Biuchern in gereimten Versen iibersetzt (ibid. 1821). See Ddring, Die pelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 4:682 sq.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. iii, 502; Winer, Handb. der theol. Lit. ii, 113. (B. P.)