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Wittola, Markus Anton
© Copyright Markus Anton Wittola, engraving by J. E. Mansfeld. Wittola, Markus Anton, b. Kosel (Poland), April 25, 1736, d. Vienna, March 23, 1797, parish priest at Propstdorf (Lower Austria). One of the major champions of Jansenism and the state church of Emperor Joseph II. Works: Kurzgefaßte Geschichte des Alten Testaments, 10 instalments, 1770-1971; Das Neue Testament, 3 vols., 1775-1976; Der Jansenismus, 1776; Neueste Beiträge zur Religionslehre und Kirchengeschichte, 3 annual vols., 1790-1792. Literature: M. Brandl, M. A. W., Seine Bedeutung für den Jansenismus in deutschen Landen, 1974.
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