Schram (SCHRAMM), DOMINIC, a Benedictine theologian and canonist, b. at Bamberg, October 24, 1722; d. in the monastery of Banz near Bamberg, September 21, 1797. He took vows at Banz, November 13, 1743, and, after being ordained priest, August 18, 1748, taught at his monastery: at first, mathematics (1757), then canon law (1760), then philosophy (1762) and, soon after, theology. In 1782 he reluctantly accepted the position of prior in the monastery of Michelsberg at Bamberg, whence he returned to Banz in 1787. His chief works are: “Compendium theologian dogmaticae, scholasticw, et moralis, methodo scientifica propositum”, 3 vols. (Augsburg, 1768; 3d edition, Turin, 1837-9); “Institutiones theologian mystic”, 2 vols. (Ausburg, 1774; 3d edition, Paris, 1868), his best work; Analysis operum SS. Patrum et scriptorum ecclesiasticorum”, 18 vols., reaching as far as St. Damasus (Augsburg 1780-96); “Institutiones juris ecclesiastici publici et privati”, 3 vols. (Augsburg, 1774-5; 2d ed., 1782); “Epitome canonum ecclesiasticorum ex conciliis Germania collecta” (Augsburg, 1774); and a newly-arranged edition of the “Summa Conciliorum” of Carranza continued up to Pius VI, 4 vols. (Augsburg, 1778).
MICHAEL OTT