FRÜHWIRTH, ANDREAS. — Dominican cardinal, b. at St. Anna (Styria) on 21 Aug. 1845, d. at Rome on 9 Feb. 1933, buried at St. Anna. Having changed his baptismal name from Franz to the religious name of Fra’ Andrea at his investiture in Graz (1863), he studied in Rome, where he was a student at the College of St. Thomas and received the lectorate in theology in 1870. Ordained priest in 1868, he taught theology from 1870 in Graz and later in Vienna. In that city he distinguished himself as prior and provincial, becoming known for his friendship with Vogelsang and for his writings on the *Religionsfond* question.
Elected Master General at Lyon on 19 Sept. 1887, he restored common life in the Dominican Order, reestablished the regular series of General Chapters, and promoted the publication of the *Analecta S. Ord. Praed.* (1883 ff.), the *Monumenta Ord. Praed. Historia* (1893 ff.), and the *Bibliotheca ascetica Ord. Praed.* (1897 ff.). He also advanced the Leonine edition of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, entrusting the task to the Dominicans.
He was skilled in choosing excellent collaborators, among whom he called to Rome Frs. Hyacinth Cormier and Giles Bognini. He visited convents and provinces, recovering or expanding those of La Quercia near Viterbo and of Santa Sabina in Rome. He established the faculty of canon law at the College of St. Thomas and wrote notable circular letters, such as *De sacra praedicatione* (1893).
As apostolic visitor to Austria, he was named titular archbishop of Heraclea (30 Nov. 1907) and sent as apostolic nuncio to Munich. Created cardinal in 1915, he remained in Munich as pro-nuncio until Dec. 1916, then returned to Rome, where he obtained the title of SS. Cosmas and Damian. As papal legate for the consecration of the cathedral of Linz (1924), major penitentiary from 1925, and chancellor of the Sacred Roman Rota (1927), he displayed great doctrinal erudition, indefatigable work for ecclesiastical dicasteries, and outward piety. From 1927 to 1931 he devoted special attention to the elevation of Albert the Great to the status of Doctor of the Church.