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FAULHABER, Michael, Ger man prelate: b. Klosterheidenfeld, Bavaria, 5 March 1869. He was educated at the Schwein furt gymnasium, and at the gymnasium, univer sity and Kilaneum Seminary of Vv'nrzburg. In 1887-88 he was a soldier and non-commissioned officer in the Bavarian army and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1892. In 1892-94 he was chaplain and parish priest and in 1894-96 was prefect of the Kilianeum Seminary, Wiirz burg. In 1896-99 he was engaged in studying manuscripts at the Vatican and other Italian museums. From 1899 to 1903 he was privat docent in Greek palaeography, Biblical archaeol ogy, homiletics, exegesis of the Psalms, at the University of Warzburg, and in 1903-11 was professor of the Old Testament exegesis and introduction to Sacred Scripture at the Univer sity of Strassburg. In 1911 Dr. Faulhaber was consecrated bishop of Speyer. In 1900 England to study manuscripts of early Christian literature, spending one semester at Oxford. In 1902 he visited Spain for a similar purpose. He has published 'Die

griechischen Apologeten der klassischen Viter zeit) (1896); 'Die Propheten-Catenen nach riimischen Handschriften' (1899); 'Hesychii Hierosolymitani interpretatio Isaim prophets:' ( 1900) ; Hohelied-P roverbien-und Prediger Catenen' (1902) ; 'Petrus stirbt nicht (1903); 'Weltkirche und nationale Anstalten' (1906); 'Die Vesperpsalmen, weiteren Kreisen erklir0 (1906); 'Schule und Religion' (1907); 'Soziale (Pnester und Volk und unsere Zeit) (1911; 1912) ; 'Die heilige Schrift ein Hirtenbrief der sozialem Ordnung' (1911) ; 'Charakterbilder der biblischen Frauen welt' (1912). He was a collaborator in Kihn, 'Patrologie); Karo-Lietzmann, 'Catenarum grwcarum catalogus) (1902); Buchberger, 'Kirchliches Handlexigon,' etc. He is a con tributor to the Theologische Quartalschrift, Biblische Zeitschrift, Strassburger Diosesan blatt, Oriens christianus, Monatsschrift fur katholische Lehrerinnen, Literarische Rund schau, Theologische Revue, etc.