FUNK, FRANZ XAVER. - Catholic historian, b. 12 Oct. 1840 at Abtsgmünd, d. 24 Feb. 1907 at Tübingen. Ordained a priest in 1864, he succeeded C. G. Hefels in the chair of ecclesiastical history in 1870, and in 1875 was appointed professor at the University of Tübingen, where for 37 years he taught ecclesiastical history, patrology and Christian archaeology, held in high esteem, above all for his knowledge of Christian antiquity. His works were distinguished by acumen, sure judgment, rigorous method and love of truth, particularly in investigation.

His editions of patristic works are very well known: Opera Patrum Apostolicarum (2 vols., Tübingen 1901); Doctrina XII Apostolorum (ibid. 1887); Diduscalia et Constitutiones Apostolorum (2 vols., ibid. 1905). Other writings: Lehrbuch der Kirchengeschichte (Tübingen 1886, also translated into Italian by P. Petciballi, Rome 1903); K. Bihlemeyer edited and updated its 11th edition: Kirchengeschichte auf Grund des Lehrbuches von F. X. F. (Paderborn 1940); Die Echtheit der ignatianischen Briefe (ibid. 1883); Das Testament unseres Herrn (ibid. 1901); Kirchengeschichtliche Abhandlungen u. Untersuchungen (3 vols., ibid. 1897-1907).

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BIBL.: A. Koch, Die Erinnerung an F. X. v. Funk, in Theol. Quartalschrift, 90 (1908), pp. 95-117; K. Bihlemeyer, a. v. in LThK, IV, col. 225.

Lucchesio Spätling

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