Rietter, Anton

Rietter, Anton, a German Roman Catholic theologian, was born at Stadt-am-Hof in 1808. He studied at Regensburg and Munich; was appointed professor of moral philosophy at Amberg in 1835, at Regensburg in 1842, and at Munich in 1852. He died at Stadt-am-Hof, Nov. 6, 1866. He wrote, Das Leben, das Werk und die Würde Jesu Christi (Regensburg, 1846): — Der Weg der Liebe (ibid. 1856): — Der heil. Liebe naturliches Licht, etc. (Munich, 1857): — Die Moral des heil. Thomas von Aquin (ibid. 1858): — Breviarium der christlichen Ethik (Regensburg, 1866). (B.P.)