Beringer, Franc.

Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.

Jesuit · 1921–1909

Life

Born Mainz (date not given); died 23 January 1909. [Hurter, vol. V, part 2, col. 2063]

Franz Beringer, Jesuit of Mainz; for many years consultor of the Congregation of Indulgences. [Hurter, vol. V, part 2, col. 2063]
Continued the work begun by Maurel in French and recast by Schneider in German: Die Ablässe, ihr Wesen und Gebrauch (Paderborn, 13th ed. 1906), declared authentic by the Congregation of Indulgences; continued likewise Schneider's Decreta authentica of the Congregation of Indulgences and Relics (1885), also declared authentic; took part in editing Cosmas Alamannus's Summa philosophica and the works of Silvester Maurus. [Hurter, vol. V, part 2, col. 2063]
The catalogue's '1921' as a birth year is a slip; 1921 is the year of the 15th edition (Prümmer). [Prümmer, Catalogue of authors]

Sources: H. Hurter, S.J., Nomenclator literarius theologiae catholicae, 3rd ed. (Innsbruck, 1903-1913), read on archive.org; Prümmer, Manuale theologiae moralis, Catalogue of authors (on this site). Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.

In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index

“Beringer, Franc., S.J., German (d. 1909), wrote a most useful work, approved by the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and afterward by the Holy Office, entitled Die Ablasse, ihr Wesen und Gebrauch; the 15th edition, Paderborn 1921, was prepared by Pet. Steinen, S.J.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors

Works Our Authors Used

Beringer, S.J., Les Indulgences, leur nature et leur usage, 2nd ed., Paris, 1890. — Tanquerey's list

No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).