Adriaan Poirters (baptised 2 November 1605, in the Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk in

Oisterwijk Oisterwijk () is a municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands. Population centres * Haaren * Heukelom * Moergestel *Oisterwijk Topography ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Oisterwijk, 2021'' Transportation * Railwa ...

– died 4 July 1674,

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

) was a Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer who was active in the

Counter Reformation The Counter-Reformation (), also called the Catholic Reformation () or the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. It began with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) a ...

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*http://www.dbnl.nl/auteurs/auteur.php?id=poir001 1605 births 1674 deaths 17th-century Jesuits 17th-century Dutch poets People from Oisterwijk Dutch male poets 17th-century male writers {{Netherlands-writer-stub