Bzovius

Bzovius
Born	1567  Proszowice
Died	31 January 1637  (aged 69–70) Rome
Occupation	Church historian

Abraham Bzowski (Bzovius) (1567–1637) was a Polish Dominican historian. He carried on the work of Baronius. The Catholic Encyclopedia calls his contributions for 1198 to 1571 "less notable" than some of other continuators,[1] namely Raynaldus, Laderchi, and August Theiner.

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.[2]

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).

Notes

1. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Ven. Cesare Baronius" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
2. "Il Collegio di S. Tommaso della Minerva a Roma". Il Rosario. 12: 663. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

External links

• Bzovius, Abramo entry (in Italian) by Mattia Loret in the Enciclopedia Treccani, 1930