Gretsch, Adrian

Gretsch, Adrian a Roman Catholic theologian, was born at Vienna, October 11, 1752. He joined the Benedictines in 1770, was in 1784 professor of theology at Vienna, in 1796 dean of the theological faculty, and died October 28, 1826, leaving eight volumes of Sermons. See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 2:113. (B.P.)