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Johann Bollig

Pontifical Theologian and advisor to Pope Pius IX (1821–1895)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ1692724 ↗
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Johann Bollig (23 August 1821 – 9 March 1895) was a German advisor of Pope Pius IX in the lead up to the First Vatican Council. Bollig was born near Düren, Rhenish Prussia, and died in Rome, Italy. Prior to his time as a Pontifical Theologian he served as a theology professor in Syria.

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This entry incorporates text from “Johann Bollig” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.