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Encyclopedia > Franz Xavier Wernz

Franz Xavier Wernz (February 4, 1842August 19, 1914) was a Superior General of the Society of Jesus, and was regarded as a pious figure. February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Very Reverend Peter Hans Kolvenbach, S.J. serves as the current Superior General. ...


Wurtz was born in Rottweil, Württemberg (afterwards part of Germany). He studied theology and philosophy at the Maria Laach and Aachen Abbys. Wernz was appointed head of the Society of Jesus in September 8, 1906. He also founded a Jesuit journal. He died in Rome at about midnight, on the same day as Pope Pius X. Map of Germany showing Rottweil Watershed of the Neckar River Watershed of the Rhine River Rottweil is the oldest town in southwestern Germany in the State of Baden-Württemberg. ... Württemberg (often spelled Wurttemberg in English) refers to an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in south-western Germany. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... The term philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. ... Map of Germany showing Aachen Aachen (French Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch Aken) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany, at 50°46′ N 6°6′ E. Population: 256... The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu in Latin) is a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in direct service to the Pope. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X, born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto (June 2, 1835 – August 20, 1914), was Pope from 1903 to 1914, succeeding Pope Leo XIII. He was the first pope since the Counter-Reformation Pope St. ...


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