HERGENROTHER, JOSEPH VON Ger man Catholic theologian, was born at Wiirzburg, Bavaria, on Sept. 15, 1824. He studied at Wurzburg, at Rome, and at Munich where he became instructor in theology. In 1852 he was recalled to Wurzburg as professor of ecclesiastical law and history. He was one of the most learned theologians on the Ultramontane side of the Infallibility question, and in 1868 was sent to Rome to arrange the proceedings of the Vatican Council. In 187o he wrote Anti Janus, an answer to The Pope and the Council, by "Janus" (Doh linger and J. Friedrich), which made a great sensation at the time. In 1877 he was made prelate of the papal household, in cardinal deacon, and afterwards curator of the Vatican archives. He died in Rome on Oct. 3, 189o. His works include Photius, Patriarch von Constantinopel. Sein Leben, seine Schrif ten and des griechische Schisma (3 vols., Regensburg, 1867-69) and an additional volume (1869) Monumenta Graeca ad Photium . . . pertinentia.