Ignaz Feigerle

Ignaz Feigerle. Lithograph by Eduard Kaiser

Ignaz Feigerle (7 April 1795 in , Mähren – 27 September 1863 in ) was a Catholic theologian and bishop of the Diocese of Sankt Pōlten.

Life[]

Feigerle studied at Frintaneum in Vienna. In 1825 he became Professor for Pastoral theology at the Palacký University of Olomouc. In 1829 he moved to the University of Vienna, where he became Rector in 1846. In 1851 he became Bishop of St. Pölten. In 1858 he founded Hippolytus, a scholarly journal, which was edited by and .

Bibliography[]

• Ekkart Sauser (2002). "Ignaz Feigerle". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 20. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 480–481. ISBN 3-88309-091-3.
• "Feigerle Ignaz". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 291.
• : Bischof Feigerle, nach dem Leben geschildert, Wien, 1864; Komplettscan des Buches