Abraham_Bzowski

Bzovius

Bzovius

Polish Dominican historian

Abraham Bzowski (Bzovius) (1567–1637) was a Polish Dominican historian. He carried on the work of Baronius. The Catholic Encyclopedia calls his contributions for 1198 to 1571 "less notable" than some of other continuators,[1] namely Raynaldus, Laderchi, and August Theiner.

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In 1630 Bzovius funded a scholarship for Polish students at the College of St. Thomas, which was to become the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.[2]

Works

  • Thaumaturgus Polonus seu de vita et miraculis S. Hyacinthi (Venice, 1606);
  • Vita Beati Ceslai Odrovantii (Cracow, 1608), life of Ceslas Odrowaz;
  • Annales Ecclesiastici (Cologne, 1625-1630; 7 volumes); full title: Annalium Ecclesiasticorum post illustriss. et Reverendiss. Dom. Caesarem Baronium S. R. E. Cardinalem Bibliothecarium etc.;
  • De vita Pauli V (Rome, 1625).

Notes

  1. [1]
    Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ven. Cesare Baronius" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. [2]
    "Il Collegio di S. Tommaso della Minerva a Roma". Il Rosario. 12: 663. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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