Johann Nepomuk Locherer

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Johann Nepomuk Locherer (born August 21, 1773 in Freiburg im Breisgau , † February 26, 1837 in Gießen ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman , theologian and university professor .

Life

Locherer studied from 1790 Catholic theology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and attended the seminary in Meersburg . He was ordained a priest on July 2, 1798 , then from 1799 he had a position as a priest in Wendelsheim , from 1800 in Seebronn and from 1805 in Jechtingen . In 1830 he was supported by the University of Tubingen to Dr. theol. PhD . His efforts to get a chair in Freiburg, supported by the diocese administrator Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg , failed.

Locherer received on a proposal from the Mainzer bishop Joseph Vitus castle 1830 a reputation as a full professor at the newly built Catholic theological faculty of the University of Giessen . His work was intended to serve the reconciliation among the denominations and was rejected by stricter church circles.

Publications (selection)

  • Homilies on the Sunday and feast day gospels of the Catholic church year , 2 volumes, Augsburg 1811.
  • History of the Christian religion and church , 9 volumes, Ravensburg 1824–1934.
  • Textbook of Christian Church Archeology , Frankfurt a. M. 1832.
  • Textbook of Patrology, intended for academic lectures , Mainz 1837.

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personal data
SURNAME Locherer, Johann Nepomuk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1837
Place of death to water