Edmond Speelman (1819–1886) was a Belgian ecclesiastical writer.
Life
Speelman was born in
Ghent
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on 10 September 1819. He was educated at the Jesuit college in
Aalst and in 1836 joined the
Society of Jesus
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himself. He taught
rhetoric
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at Jesuit schools in
Drongen
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Monastery
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,
Tournai
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and
Namur
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, and then
Church history in
Leuven
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. In 1859 he left the Society but continued in the priesthood and as a teacher in Catholic schools. As a writer, he produced Church history and college drama. He retired in 1880, and died in
Lede
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on 9 February 1886.
Writings
Speelman was a regular contributor to the ''Revue catholique'' and ''Précis historiques''.
His other writings include:
* Cornelius Smet, ''Belgique catholique: Saints et grands hommes du catholicisme en Belgique'', translated by Edmond Speelman (3 vols., Leuven, 1852-1853; reprinted Tournai 1858, 1868 and 1877).
* ''La Vierge immaculée, patronne de la Belgique'' (Tournai, Casterman, 1856)
* ''Trois drames historiques. I. Le faux baron de Rochemaure. II. Ogier le Danois. III. Edwin'' (Tournai, Casterman, 1857)
* ''Belgium Marianum: Histoire du culte de Marie en Belgique'' (Tournai, Casterman, 1859)
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* ''Deux drames du temps des gueux: Jacques Blommaert, ou le triomphe des gueux à Audenarde. Jean de Hembise, ou la chute des gueux à Gand'' (Ghent, S. Leliaert, A. Siffer et Cie., 1888).
References
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1819 births
1886 deaths
19th-century Belgian Jesuits
19th-century Belgian educators
Belgian non-fiction writers