Felix von Hartmann
Catholic cardinal (1851-1919)
Felix von Hartmann (15 December 1851 – 11 November 1919) was a German prelate, who was Archbishop of Cologne from 1912 to 1919.
Life
Felix von Hartmann was born in Münster, the child of the second marriage of government official Albert von Hartmann. The family was close to the Westphalian aristocracy and served in a manner that was similar to that of traditional Prussian public servants.
After finishing his courses at Gymnasium Paulinum in Westphalia, he attended the Roman Catholic boarding school Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck, where Hermann Dingelstad, later Bishop of Münster, was his teacher. In 1870, he enrolled in a theological school in Westphalia, and on 19 December 1874, he was ordained a priest. Because the Kulturkampf ("culture war") made employment in Germany impossible. He went to Rome, where he joined the priest college at Santa Maria dell' Anima, and became Chaplain in the church Santa Maria dell'Anima, that was then the German national church in Rome. He simultaneously started his study of Canon law. In 1877, he earned the title of Dr. jur.
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