Henricus Sedulius
{{Short description|Belgian Franciscan scholar}}
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Henricus Sedulius (1547-1621{{Cite web|url=http://users.telenet.be/wimdegoeij/catV6.htm|title=Old Imprints - Antiquariaat W. De Goeij|website=users.telenet.be|access-date=22 December 2019}}) – the Latinized name of Henri de Vroom van Kleef{{Cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2003024794.html|title=Sedulius, Henricus, approximately 1547-1621|last=The Library of Congress|website=id.loc.gov|access-date=6 January 2020}} – was a Belgian Franciscan scholar noted for his works on religious figures such as the lives of St. Elziarius{{Cite book|title=The Mirrour of True Nobility & Gentility Being the Life of Peiresc|last=Gassendi|first=Pierre|date=2003|publisher=Infinity Publishing|isbn=0-7414-1752-9|location=Haverford, PA|pages=80}} and St. Francis of Assisi.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rdklabor.de/w/index.php?title=Franziskaner,_Franziskanerinnen&redirect=no|title=Franziskaner, Franziskanerinnen – RDK Labor|website=www.rdklabor.de|access-date=22 December 2019}} He also published works that defended the Franciscan order.
Background
Sedulius was born in Kleve, Germany.{{Cite web|url=https://www.idref.fr/113821921|title=Sedulius, Henricus|website=Identifiants et Referentiels|access-date=22 December 2019}} He died in 1621 at Antwerp.
Works
File:Henricus Sedulius, Diva Virgo Mosæ-Traiectensis (1609).jpg
In 1607, Sedulius published the Apologeticus aduersus Alcoranum Franciscanorum, pro Libro Conformitatum. This is a defense of the Franciscan Order, drawing from Bartholomew Albizzi's commentary of the Scripture as well as citations from the Christian founders and ancient philosophers.{{Cite book|title=Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology, Vol.2, No. 2|last=GTU|first=BJRT|date=2016|publisher=Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology|isbn=978-1-365-17158-1|location=Berkeley, CA|pages=89}} Particularly, his arguments were directed against Erasmus Alber's criticisms included in the text called Conformities.
In Historia seraphica, Sedulius published a collection of quotes from famous writers who praised St. Francis and these included St. Bonaventure as well as other prominent Franciscans. In an account, Sedulius said he relied on the former's collected works (constituting eight volumes) that were published by the Typographia Vaticana from 1588 to 1596.{{Cite book|title=Jan Moretus and the Continuation of the Plantin Press (2 Vols.): A Bibliography of the Works published and printed by Jan Moretus I in Antwerp (1589-1610)|last=Imhof|first=Dirk|date=2014|publisher=Hotei Publishing|isbn=978-90-6194-581-9|location=Leiden|pages=117}} Historia likened St. Francis to an angel, introducing the book with a quote from the Book of Revelation: "And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God."{{Cite book|title=Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Europe|last1=Muchembled|first1=Robert|last2=Schilling|first2=Heinz|last3=Monter|first3=William|last4=Tóth|first4=István György|date=2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-84546-5|location=Cambridge, UK|pages=347–346}} Sedulius also wrote the Icones sanctae Clarae B. Francisci Assisiatis primigeniae discipulae and the Imagines Sanctorum Francisci, which is an illustrated collection of various saints.{{Cite web|url=https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3449480&page=1&partId=1&peoA=124228-2-60&people=124228|title=print / book|website=British Museum|language=en-GB|access-date=7 January 2020}} Sedulius collaborated with Jan Moretus, the owner of Plantin Press, on the publication of several religious texts.
An account described how Sedulius' interest in history emerged during his stay in Italy and Tyrol.{{Cite book|last=Kok|first=Johannes Antonius de|title=Acht eeuwen minderbroeders in Nederland: een oriëntatie|date=2007|publisher=Uitgeverij Verloren|isbn=978-90-8704-017-8|location=Hilversum|pages=155|language=nl}} In addition to religious texts, Sedulius also covered historical events such as the martyr stories (e.g. Gorcum martyrs) during the Eighty Years' War.{{Cite book|title=The Politics of Memory: The Writing of Partition in the Seventeenth-Century Low Countries|last=Esser|first=Raingard|date=2012|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-20807-0|location=Leiden|pages=293}} There are texts, including versions by other authors, that contained an engraved portrait of the author or portraits engraved by owners who thought that Sedulius was the author.{{Cite book|title=Western Illuminated Manuscripts: A Catalogue of the Collection in Cambridge University Library|last1=Binski|first1=Paul|last2=Zutshi|first2=Patrick|date=31 March 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521848923|location=Cambridge, UK|pages=450}} Some of Sedulius' poems focused on miracles such as Diva Virgo Mosae-Traiectensis and his style is said to have been influenced by Justus Lipsius.{{Cite book|last=Tournoy|first=Gilbert|title=Humanistica Lovaniensia|publisher=Leuven University Press|year=2002|isbn=978-90-5867-245-2|location=Leuven|pages=271|language=en}}
Sedulius is said to have written his works mostly in Latin and has worked with his colleague Cornelius Thielmans on translated versions.
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