Abraham Aurelius
Abraham Aurelius | |
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Born | 1575 |
Died | 1632 | (aged 57)
Occupation | English Christian minister |
Abraham Aurelius (1575 – 1632) was an English pastor of the French Protestant church in London.
He was a son of , also a Protestant minister, probably in London, where Abraham was born. He studied at Leyden, in the Low Countries, and took his degree there in 1596.[1] He kept up a correspondence with Gerardus Vossius.[2]
In 1613, on the occasion of the marriage of Frederick V, count palatine, and Elizabeth, daughter of James I, he published a Latin epithalamium. He died in the beginning of 1632, whilst his Latin paraphrase on the Book of Job was in the press; the dedication of the work to , Belgian ambassador at the Court of St. James, bears his signature, but the paraphrase itself is preceded by some Latin verses in praise of the deceased pastor.
References[]
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ (in Dutch) C. S. M. Rademaker, Leven en werk van Gerardus Joannes Vossius (1577–1649) (1999), p. 79; Google Books.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Aurelius, Abraham". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- 1575 births
- 1632 deaths
- English Protestants
- 16th-century Protestants
- 17th-century Protestant religious leaders
- 16th-century English clergy
- 17th-century English clergy
- English Christian religious leaders