page_title: Stephan Alexander Würdtwein
section_title: Education and career
hierarchical_section_title: Stephan Alexander Würdtwein / Education and career
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Tafel am Geburtshaus von Stephan Alexander Würdtwein in der Pfarrgasse 3 in Amorbach.
context_page_description: Stephan Alexander Würdtwein was a German theologian, auxiliary bishop of Worms, and historian, particularly of the Catholic Church and of the history of the city of Mainz.
context_section_description: Würdtwein was born in Amorbach, the third son of Ferdinand Kasimir Würdtwein, a civil servant in the Electorate of Mainz, and his wife Magdalene (née Marklein). He attended the school of Amorbach Abbey and then the Jesuit Kronberg-Gymnasium Aschaffenburg.
  He studied philosophy, theology, and canon law at the University of Heidelberg from 1738 to 1743, while living in the seminary. He attained his bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy and studied Thomism. Next he studied canon law and dogma at the Catholic seminary in Mainz, and was ordained a priest on 18 July 1745. After serving as a chaplain in Bingen in 1746-1747, he was given a benefice in Werbach. By 1750 he had returned to Mainz, where he studied religious law at the University of Mainz until 1752.
  He died in Ladenburg.
caption: Plaque marking his birthplace
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