a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born October 3, 1750, at Bretten. In 1768 he joined the order of Jesuits at Mayence, and in 1772 was appointed professor at Heidelberg. In 1779 he resigned on account of feeble health, and died January 30, 1820. He published, Zeugnisse aller Jahrhunderte (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1816): — Luther's Katholisches Monument (ibid. 1817). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, 1:339 sq.; Winer, Handbuch der Theol. Lit. 1:405, 465, (B.P.).