a German theologian, was born at Cologne in 1678.. He belonged to a distinguished family, entered the Jesuit order at Treves in 1698, and taught rhetoric, philosophy, and theology successively at Treves, Paderborn, Cologne, and other places. He died about 1750, leaving, Custum Novae Legis Presbyterium, etc. (Cologne, 1717): — Pietas in Salvatorem Mundi, etc. (Mayence, 1728): — Explicatio Fabularum et Superstitionum, etc. (Cologne, 1734): — Vita Nicolai de Cusa (Treves, 1730): — Solilegium Solandis Animabus Defunctorum (Cologne, 1735; in German, 1743). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.