Patrizius Wittmann

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Patrizius Wittmann (born January 4, 1818 in Ellwangen , † October 3, 1883 in Munich ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and historian .

Life

From the age of nine, Wittmann attended a lower grammar school in his hometown, after which he went to a grammar school in Ehingen . In the fall of 1836 Patrizius Wittmann was admitted to the University of Tübingen , where he studied theology. In his fourth year at university, he was excluded by government restrictions.

Wittmann was appointed to Munich by Ferdinand Herbst in April 1840. Together they published the magazine Gottesgabe . In 1841 Wittmann was awarded a doctorate in philosophy in Tübingen . He wanted to be a priest, but gave up this intention and married in 1843. In 1849 he went to Augsburg as head of the Pius Society . In 1869 he moved back to Munich, eight years later to Bamberg , and again to Munich in 1883, where he died of a stroke that same year .

Works

  • The glory of the church in its missions since the religious schism (Augsburg 1841)
  • General history of the Catholic missions from the 13th century to the most recent times (Augsburg 1846–1850)
  • Christology, or the science of the person of God-Man, according to Catholic principles and with special regard to the latest speculative philosophy (Augsburg 1842)
  • Angelus Silesius as a convertite, as a mystical poet and as a polemicist (Augsburg 1842)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Wittmann, Patrizius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellwangen
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 1883
Place of death Munich