Education
He studied in the episcopal seminary of Würzburg from 1772–1777. In the latter year he was ordained priest and promoted to the licentiate in theology.
He studied in the episcopal seminary of Würzburg from 1772–1777. In the latter year he was ordained priest and promoted to the licentiate in theology.
Foreign several years Feder was chaplain of the Julius hospital. In 1785 he was appointed extraordinary professor of theology and Oriental languages at the University of Würzburg. He was created a Doctor of Divinity in 1786.
Director of the university library 1791, ordinary professor of theology and censor of theological publications, 1795.
After the reorganization of the University of Würzburg, 1803-1804, he was appointed chief librarian, resigning the professorship of theology in 1805. Shortly after his removal from office as librarian, November, 1811, he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, from which he never fully recovered.