Hug

Hug, JOHANN LEONHARD, Catholic theologian, was born at Constance, June 1, 1765, entered into priest's orders in 1789, was appointed a professor of Theology at Freiburg in 1791, and died there, 11th March 1846. The most important fruit of his biblical researches was his Introduction to the New Testament (2 vols. 1808), which was translated into most of the European languages (Eng. by D. G. Wait, 1827).