Abraham Bzowski (Bzovius) (1567–1637) was a Polish
Dominican historian. He carried on the work of
Baronius
Cesare Baronio (as an author also known as Caesar Baronius; 30 August 1538 – 30 June 1607) was an Italian cardinal and historian of the Catholic Church. His best-known works are his '' Annales Ecclesiastici'' ("Ecclesiastical Annals"), w ...
. The ''
Catholic Encyclopedia
The ''Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church'' (also referred to as the ''Old Catholic Encyclopedia'' and the ''Original Catholic Encyclopedia'') i ...
'' calls his contributions for 1198 to 1571 "less notable" than some of other
continuator
A continuator, in literature, is a writer who creates a new work based on someone else's prior text, such as a novel or novel fragment. The new work may complete the older work (as with the numerous continuations of Jane Austen's unfinished novel ...
s, namely
Raynaldus,
Laderchi, and
August Theiner.
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''.
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).
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1567 births
1637 deaths
16th-century Polish historians
17th-century Polish historians
16th-century Roman Catholics
17th-century Roman Catholics
Polish Dominicans
Polish male non-fiction writers