Wetzer-Welte Kirchenlexikon
Encyclopedia
Wetzer and Welte's Kirchenlexikon is an encyclopedic work of Catholic biography, history, and theology, first compiled by Heinrich Joseph Wetzer
and Benedict Welte
. The first edition in 13 volumes was published from 1847 to 1860, by Verlag Herder.
Another edition, edited by Joseph Hergenröther
and Franz Philip Kaulen
and subtitled Encylopädie der katholischen Theologie und ihrer Hülfswissenschaften, was published in Freiburg
from 1882 through 1903.
Heinrich Joseph Wetzer
Heinrich Joseph Wetzer was a German Orientalist...
and Benedict Welte
Benedict Welte
Benedict Welte was a German Catholic exegete.After studying at Tübingen and Bonn, where he made special studies in the exegesis of the Old Testament and in Oriental languages, he was ordained priest when twenty-eight years old...
. The first edition in 13 volumes was published from 1847 to 1860, by Verlag Herder.
Another edition, edited by Joseph Hergenröther
Joseph Hergenröther
Joseph Hergenröther was a German Church historian and canonist, and the first Cardinal-Prefect of the Vatican Archives.-Biography:...
and Franz Philip Kaulen
Franz Philip Kaulen
Franz Philip Kaulen was a German Catholic scriptural scholar.-Life:He attended the gymnasium in his native city, studied theology at the University of Bonn from 1846 to 1849, and was ordained priest at Cologne on 3 September, 1850...
and subtitled Encylopädie der katholischen Theologie und ihrer Hülfswissenschaften, was published in Freiburg
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
from 1882 through 1903.