Abraham Bzowski (Bzovius) (1567–1637) was a Polish Dominican historian. He carried on the work of

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August Theiner Augustin Theiner, Cong.Orat., (11 April 1804, in Breslau – 8 August 1874, in Civitavecchia) was a German theologian and historian. He was the son of a shoemaker. As a boy, he was a pupil at the gymnasium of St. Mathias at Breslau, Silesia, the ...

. 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''.

Works

* ''Thaumaturgus Polonus seu de vita et miraculis S. Hyacinthi'' (Venice, 1606); * ''Vita Beati Ceslai Odrovantii'' (Cracow, 1608), life of

Ceslas Odrowaz Ceslaus, O.P., ( pl, Czesław) (c. 1184 – c. 1242) was born in Kamień Śląski in Silesia, Poland, of the noble family of Odrowąż, and was a relative, possibly the brother, of Hyacinth of Poland. Biography Having studied philosophy at ...

; * ''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).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bzovius, Abraham 1567 births 1637 deaths 16th-century Polish historians 17th-century Polish historians 16th-century Roman Catholics 17th-century Roman Catholics Polish Dominicans Polish male non-fiction writers