Cornelius Thielmans
Cornelius Thielmans (c. 1570–1634) was a Franciscan hagiographer from the Habsburg Netherlands.
Life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Jean Paquay, "Thielmans, Corneille", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 24 (Brussels, 1929), 823.
- ^ Kok, Johannes Antonius (2007). Acht eeuwen minderbroeders in Nederland: een oriëntatie. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 192. ISBN 978-90-8704-017-8.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Thielmans, Cornelis (1606). "Cort verhael der Heylighen van S. Franciscus Oirden, met haer levende figuren: Uit diversche historie scryvers genomen".
- ^ 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".
- ^ Available on Google Books