Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638

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Name (Latin)
Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638
Other forms of name
Dreksilīĭ, Īeremīi︠a︡, 1581-1638
Träxl, Jeremias, 1581-1638
Drexelius, Hieremias, 1581-1638
Drechsel, Jeremias, 1581-1638
Drexl, Jeremias, 1581-1638
Date of birth
1581-08-15
Date of death
1638-04-19
Field of activity
Humanities
Rhetoric
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 4921018
Wikidata: Q67095
Library of congress: n 85112360
Sources of Information
  • His R. P. Hieremiae Drexelii, e Societate Iesu, operum tomus primus ... 1675.
  • LC data base, 6/10/85(hdg.: Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638)
  • Neue deutsche Biog.(Drexel, or, Drexl, Träxl, Drechsel, Jeremias, 1581-1538)
  • Sopikov. Opyt ross. biblīograf., 1904:v. 1, p. 83 (citation under Iliotropīon: written by Īeremīi︠a︡ Dreksilīĭ)
  • The devout Christian's hourly companion, 1728:title page (done into English from that great spiritualist, Drexelius)
  • Wikipedia, 25 September 2018(Jeremias Drexel; Jeremias Drexel S.J. (also known as Hieremias Drexelius or Drechsel) (August 15, 1581--19 April 1638) was a Jesuit writer of devotional literature and a professor of the humanities and rhetoric; he served for 23 years as court preacher in Munich to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and his wife Elizabeth of Lorraine; he was born in Augsburg and died in Munich; Drexel gave up preaching in 1621 and devoted himself to writing a biography of the Duchess and composing theological works redolent of his baroque preaching fervour; he is the author of some 20 works that were widely read and translated)
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Wikipedia description:

Jeremias Drexel, S.J. (also known as Hieremias Drexelius or Drechsel) (15 August 1581–19 April 1638) was a Jesuit writer of devotional literature and a professor of the humanities and rhetoric. He served for 23 years as court preacher in Munich to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and his wife Elizabeth of Lorraine.

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