Aberle, Moritz Von

Aberle, Moritz Von, a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born April 15, 1819, at Rottum, near Biberach. In 1842 he received holy orders, and in 1850 he was called to Tubingen as professor of ethics and New-Test., exegesis. In 1866 he was ennobled, and died Nov. 3, 1875. Aberle was one of the brightest lights of the Catholic faculty at Tubingen, and a very learned scholar. He was always a hard student, and found no time for producing large publications, although he contributed extensively to the Tubingen Theologische Quartalschrift. He left in manuscript Einleitung in das Neue Testament, which was edited by Paul Schanz (Freiburg, 1877). See Literarischer Handweiser, 1875, p 433 sq.; Himpel, in the Theologische Quartalschrift, 58, 2. (B.P.)