Dietenberger, Johann

Dietenberger, Johann a German Dominican and doctor of theology, who died in 1534, while canon and inquisitor-general of Mentz and Cologne, is the author of a German translation of the Bible, published at Mentz in 1534 (revised by C. Ulenberg, Cologne, 1630; and again by the theologians of Mentz, ibid. 1662). He also wrote, De Divortid (ibid. 1532): — De Votis Monasticis (1524): — De Apostasia: — De Praeceptorum et Consiliorum Differentia: — In Defensionem Sacrificii Missae. See Jocher, Allemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v.; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B.P.)