SEGESSER, PHILIPP ANTON. - Swiss politician, b. in Lucerne on 5 April 1817, d. there on 30 June 1888. In 1851 a member of the Grand Council of Lucerne, in the years 1863-67 and 1871-88 a member of the government.

After the failure in 1847 of the Sonderbund (political union of the Swiss Catholics), which he had advised against, S. became for a long time the leader of the conservative Catholics of Switzerland, a firm opponent of the liberal State of 1848 and a champion of the federalist and Catholic regime. He also became famous for his works on the history of his country, adhering to the historical school of law.

Writings: Rechtsgeschichte der Stadt und Republik Luzern (4 vols., Lucerne 1851-58); L. Pfiffer und seine Zeit (3 vols., Bern 1880-82); Gesammelte kleine Schriften (4 vols., 1877-87). He edited the edition of the Eidgenössische Abschiede 1245-1520 (3 vols., Basel 1858-69).

Bibliography4 works

BIBL.: A. Büchi, s. v. in Kirchliches Handlexikon, II (1912), coll. 2033-34; K. Müller, P. A. u. S., 2 vols., Lucerne 1917-23; A. Beck, Kirche u. Staat in den Schriften Segessers, Fribourg 1927; E. F. J. Müller, s. v. in Schweizer Rundschau, 36 (1937), pp. 749-760.

Jaroslav Skarvada

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