Wittola, Markus Anton#
b. Kosel (Poland), April 25, 1736, d. Vienna, March 23, 1797, parish priest at Propstdorf (Lower Austria). One of the major champions of Jansenism and the state church of Emperor Joseph II.
Works#
Kurzgefasste Geschichte des Alten Testaments, 10 instalments, 1770-1971; Das Neue Testament, 3 vols., 1775-1976; Der Jansenismus, 1776; Neueste Beitraege zur Religionslehre und Kirchengeschichte, 3 annual vols., 1790-1792.Literature#
M. Brandl, M. A. W., Seine Bedeutung fuer den Jansenismus in deutschen Landen, 1974.