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Ignatius Walvis (1653,
"Beschryving der stad Gouda"
on
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
Ignatius Walvis
on the Gouda Canon of history * Walvis, Ignatius ''Het Goudsche Aarts Priesterdom'', 1712/1999 * Walvis, Ignatius ''Goudsche onkatolijke kerkzaken'', 1999 {{DEFAULTSORT:Walvis, Ignatius 1653 births 1714 deaths Dutch Golden Age writers Clergy from Utrecht (city) Writers from Utrecht (city)
Ignatius Walvis (1653, Utrecht
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– 1714, Gouda
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), was an 18th-century priest, historian, and writer from the Netherlands.
Biography
He was the son of the painterJohan Baptist Walvis Johan
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who moved from Antwerp to Utrecht in the year of his birth, and Bernardina van Aller. He studied philosophy and theology in Leuven before moving to the Hague, where he became chaplain of bij pastoor Jan Hooft. In 1688 he replaced Jacob Catz
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(1639-1712) as pastor of Gouda, who had been called to Utrecht to assist Petrus Codde. In Gouda Walvis wrote his ''Description of Gouda'', which was published the year of his death.on
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, Leiden 1714 He was accused of Jansenism
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. In 1713 he was appointed as a member of the vicariate council (Metropolitan Chapter) of Utrecht.
According to Houbraken he mentioned that the father of Anthony van Dyck was a stained glass painter of Den Bosch
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.Ignatius Walvis mentionedin ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the
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References
Ignatius Walvis
on the Gouda Canon of history * Walvis, Ignatius ''Het Goudsche Aarts Priesterdom'', 1712/1999 * Walvis, Ignatius ''Goudsche onkatolijke kerkzaken'', 1999 {{DEFAULTSORT:Walvis, Ignatius 1653 births 1714 deaths Dutch Golden Age writers Clergy from Utrecht (city) Writers from Utrecht (city)