Johann Nepomuk Locherer
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.
literature
- Rudolf Reinhardt: Locherer, Johann Nepomuk. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 1 ( digitized version ).
- Franz Heinrich Reusch : Locherer, Johann Nepomuk . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 63 f.
- Uwe Scharfenecker: Locherer, Johann Nepomuk, Catholic theologian. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 20, Bautz, Nordhausen 2002, ISBN 3-88309-091-3 , Sp. 933-337.
- Heinrich Eduard Scriba: Biographical-literary lexicon of the writers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the 19th century , Volume 2, Darmstadt 1843, p. 459 f.
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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 |