Ellendorf, Johann Otto

Ellendorf, Johann Otto a Roman Catholic writer, was born at Wiedenbruck, in Westphalia, in 1805. In 1826 he was rector at the gymnasium of his native place, and in 1841 was called to Berlin as professor of jurisprudence. He wrote, Der heilige Bernhard von Clairvaux (Essen, 1837): — Die Katholische Kirche Preussens (Rudolstadt, 1837): — Thomas Becket (Essen, 1838): — Die Karolinger (ibid. 1838,1839, 2 volumes): — Die Moral und Politik der Jesuiten (Darmstadt, 1840:Das Primat der romischen Pdpste (ibid. 1841, 1846, 2 volumes): — Ist Petmus in Rom gewesen? (ibid. 1841): — Die Stellung, der spanischen Kirche, etc. (ibid. 1843). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 1:316 sq. (B.P.)