Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
German historian and theologian
Years: 1701 - 1790
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (January 27, 1701 – September 2, 1790) is a German historian and theologian.
He is remembered as Febronius, the pseudonym under which he writes his 1763 treatise On the State of the Church and the Legitimate Power of the Roman Pontiff.
