Zuckrigl, Jakob

Zuckrigl, Jakob a Roman Catholic theologian of Austria, was born July 26, 1807, at Grossolkowitz, in Moravia. In 1831 he received holy orders, in 1837 was appointed professor of Christian religious philosophy and university- preacher in Vienna, and in 1847 the Freiburg University honored him with the doctorate of divinity. In 1848 he was called to the chair of apologetics, theological encyclopedia, and philosophy at Tubingen, where he died, June 9, 1876. He wrote, Wissenschaftliche Rechtfertigung der christl. Trinitatslehre, etc. (Vienna, 1846): — Die Nothwendigkeit der christl. Offenbarungsmoral (Tubingen, 1850). Besides, he contributed largely to the Tubingen Theological Quarterly, the Freiburger Kirchenlexikon, and the Bonner theologiscne Literaturblatt. See Literarischer Handweiser, 1867, page 1; 1876, page 288; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2:1503. (B.P.)