Franz Xaver von Linsenmann


Franz Xaver von Linsenmann was an important Catholic moral theologian and the Bishop of Rottenburg.
Born in Rottweil, Linsenmann was unanimously elected Bishop of Rottenburg on July 20, 1898, and was proclaimed on September 5. However, he died before his consecration during a curative stay in the Black Forest spa town of Lauterbach.