Herman Hugo (9 May 1588 – 11 September 1629) was a Jesuit priest, writer and military chaplain. His ''Pia desideria'', a spiritual

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published in

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in 1624, was "the most popular religious emblem book of the seventeenth century". It went through 42

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editions and was widely translated up to the 18th century.

Life

Herman Hugo was born in

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. He studied philosophy and theology at the

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. He died of plague on 11 September 1629 at

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Works

* ''Pia desideria emblematis elegiis at affectibus SS. Patrum illunstrata'', Antwerp, 1624
''Obsidio bredana''
Antwerp, Plantin office, 1626. An account of the

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.
De militia equestri antiqua et noua ad regem Philippum IV
Antwerp, Ex Officina Plantiniana, 1630 (posthumously)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hugo, Herman 1588 births 1629 deaths Jesuits from the Spanish Netherlands Belgian military chaplains Clergy from Brussels 17th-century deaths from plague (disease) Old University of Leuven alumni People from Rheinsberg Belgian Roman Catholic theologians Roman Catholic theologians from the Spanish Netherlands