Cornelius Sneek (1455–1534) was a 15th–16th century Dominican priest and a member of the Congregation of Holland. He was a student of

Alanus de Rupe Alan de la Roche (Ecclesiastical Latin: ''Alanus de Rupe''; French language, French: ''Alain'' – 8 September 1475) was a Breton-born priest and Dominican Order, Dominican friar and Priesthood in the Catholic Church, priest, Catholic myst ...

and wrote one of the early works on the rosary. Sneek taught the ''

Summa Theologica The ''Summa Theologiae'' or ''Summa Theologica'' (), often referred to simply as the ''Summa'', is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), a scholastic theologian and Doctor of the Church. It is a compendium of all of the main t ...

'' at

Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...

.Mulchahey, Marian Michèle and Mulchahey, Michele. ''"First the Bow is Bent in Study-- ": Dominican Education Before 1350'', PIMS, 1998, p. 166, note 111
/ref>

References

Literature

* * Gerhard Schlegel: ''Sneek, Cornelius Henrici von'', in: Sabine Pettke (Hg.): ''Biographisches Lexikon für Mecklenburg.'' Vol. 2, Rostock: Schmidt-Römhild 1999 (publication of the Historic Commission for Mecklenburg) , pp. 238–242 * Dutch Dominicans 1455 births 1534 deaths {{Christianity-bio-stub