# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-nikolaus-von-hontheim
# Generated: 2026-08-16T05:48:58.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-nikolaus-von-hontheim"
name: "Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim"
slug: "johann-nikolaus-von-hontheim"
description: "Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim was a German Catholic priest and coadjutor bishop of Trier, and a\nhistorian/theologian. He is remembered as Febronius, the pseudonym under which he wrote his 1763 treatise On the State of the Church and the Legitimate Power of the Roman Pontiff and which gave rise to Febronianism."
tagline: "Historian, auxiliary bishop of Trier, originator of Febronianism"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_Johann_Nikolaus_von_Hontheim.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1701-01-27"
deathDate: "1790-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.81
  momentum:             6.885245901639345
  historical:           14.41134
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "چوهان نيكولاوس ڤون هونثيم"
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    title: "Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim"
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    title: "Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim"
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    title: "Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Nikolaus_von_Hontheim"
    title: "Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Nikolaus_von_Hontheim"
    title: "Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iustinus_Febronius"
    title: "Iustinus Febronius"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justyn_Febroniusz"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Nicolau_de_Hontheim"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump