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a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born in 1809. He received holy orders in 1832, was in 1836 professor of the gymnasium at Braunsberg, and in 1838 professor of theology at the Lyceum there. In 1851 he became a member of the chapter at Frauenburg in 1855 vicar- general, and in 1866 was appointed dean. He died February 27, 1869, leaving Der ermlandische Bischof und Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius (Mayence, 1854-55, 2 volumes). (B.P.)