a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born October 6, 1766. He studied at Dillingen, where Sailer was among his teachers. In 1789 he took holy orders, and in 1794 became pastor at Waltershofen, where he died, June 1, 1818. He published, Festpredigten (Ulm, 1804-5, 2 volumes): — Kleines Magazin fur Katholische Religionslehrer (Constance, 1806-8, 3 volumes): — Neues Magazin fur Katholische Religionslehrer (1809-16, 8 volumes): — Literaturzeitung fur Katholische Religionslehrer (Landshut, 1810-16, 7 volumes): — Gelehrten-Lexikon der Katholischen Geistlichkeit Deutschland und der Schweiz (ibid. 1817; the second and third volumes were edited by Waitzenegger, 1820-22). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 1:397 sq.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:12, 856; 2:42, 112, 151. (B.P.)