Abraham Bzowski (Bzovius) (1567–1637) was a Polish
Dominican historian. He carried on the work of
Baronius. The ''
Catholic Encyclopedia
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'' calls his contributions for 1198 to 1571 "less notable" than some of other
continuator
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s, namely
Raynaldus,
Laderchi, and
August Theiner
Augustin Theiner, Congregation of the Oratory, Cong.Orat., (11 April 1804, in Breslau – 8 August 1874, in Civitavecchia) was a German theologian and historian.
Life
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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
16th-century Polish male writers
17th-century Polish historians
17th-century Polish male writers
16th-century Roman Catholics
17th-century Roman Catholics
Polish Dominicans
Polish male non-fiction writers