Cornelius Thielmans

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Cornelius Thielmans (c. 1570–1634) was a Franciscan hagiographer from the Habsburg Netherlands.

Life[]

Thielmans was born in Brussels around 1570. He joined the Cologne province of the Franciscan order, and served as guardian of houses in 's-Hertogenbosch and Aachen, as definitor in Cologne, and as spiritual director to the Annunciate convent in Antwerp. He died in Tongeren in 1634.[1]

Works[]

Thielmans was one of the leading scholars in Brussels who published works that focused on the Franciscan literature.[2] One of his works that has been documented was a 1622 print that depict a tree trunk genealogical design that emanates from the body of St. Francis and featured branches that included Anthony of Padua, Bonaventure, and Louis of Toulouse.[3]

Aside from his own works, Thielmans also collaborated with other scholars. For instance, he translated the Latin works of Henricus Sedulius.[4]

Some of his notable works include the following:

  • Cort verhael der Heylighen van S. Franciscus Oirden, met haer levende figuren ('s-Hertogenbosch, Jan Scheffer, 1606) – dedicated to Anthonie Schetz de Grobbendoncq[5]
  • D'Leven vande H. Maghet Clara (Antwerp, Pauwels Stroobant, 1616)[6]
  • translation: Bonaventure, Verscheyde opuscula (1627)
  • translation: Joannes Busaeus, Den schadt der meditatien op allen de Evangelien vande Sondaghen ende Heylighe-daghen vanden gheheelen Jaere (Antwerp, Willem Lesteens, 1628)[7]
  • Seraphische historie van het leven des alderheylichste vader S. Francisci van Assysien (Leuven, Cornelis Coenesteyn and Joan Oliviers, 1628)

References[]

  1. ^ Jean Paquay, "Thielmans, Corneille", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 24 (Brussels, 1929), 823.
  2. ^ Kok, Johannes Antonius (2007). Acht eeuwen minderbroeders in Nederland: een oriëntatie. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 192. ISBN 978-90-8704-017-8.
  3. ^ Seubert, Xavier; Bychkov, Oleg (2019). Aesthetic Theology in the Franciscan Tradition: The Senses and the Experience of God in Art. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-71086-1.
  4. ^ Kok, Johannes Antonius de (2007). Acht eeuwen minderbroeders in Nederland: een oriëntatie (in Dutch). Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 155. ISBN 978-90-8704-017-8.
  5. ^ Thielmans, Cornelis (1606). "Cort verhael der Heylighen van S. Franciscus Oirden, met haer levende figuren: Uit diversche historie scryvers genomen".
  6. ^ Thielmans, Cornelius (1616). "D'Leven vande H. Maghet Clara, eerste plantken der Clarissen...: Met cort verhael der heyligen der Clarissen, der Derder, ende onser Oorden".
  7. ^ Available on Google Books


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