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Falk, Adalbert

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FALK, ADALBERT. - Prussian Minister of Worship, b. at Matschkau (Silesia) on 10 April 1827, d. at Hamm on 7 July 1900. Having entered the judiciary in 1855, he was Minister of Worship from January 1872 to July 1879. Three years later he became president of the Tribunal of Hamm, a post he held until his death. During the Kulturkampf he played a leading part, and he worked out in juridical detail the well-known "May laws." F. was, in short, the faithful executor of the orders given by Bismarck and was set aside when Prussia turned its attention to re-establishing relations with the Holy See.

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BIBL.: H. Brück, Geschichte der katholischen Kirche in Deutschland, IV, 1-2, Münster 1908, passim; J. F. Schultz, Er179, in und Erlebnisse mit A. F., in Deutsche Revue, 32 (1907, IV), pp. 53-63. Silvio Furlani

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 963.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Falk, adalbert.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 963. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/falk-adalbert.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Falk, adalbert.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 963. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/falk-adalbert.

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@incollection{ec5_falk_adalbert,
  author    = {Furlani, Silvio},
  title     = {Falk, adalbert},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {963},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/falk-adalbert}
}

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