Monument to Philipp Dobereiner in the Frauenkirche, Munich
Philipp Dobereiner (* 1535 in Tirschenreuth, † January 22, 1577 in Munich) was a German cleric, translator and author of spiritual writings.
From 1554 Dobereiner studied theology at the University of Ingolstadt. In 1564 he was a canon at the collegiate monastery of St. Johann in Regensburg, and from 1571 he was a dean of the monastery at the Frauenkirche (Munich). His epitaph is in the sacrament chapel. Dobereiner translated (mostly from Latin) numerous spiritual writings by Engelhard von Langheim, Luis de Granada, Louis de Blois, Johannes Justus von Landsberg, Anthony van Hemert, Gaspar de Loarte (1498–1578), Pope Innocent III, Jakob Schöpper and others.
