Andreas Eudaemon-Joannis (1566–1625)
[ Charles E. O'Neill, ''Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús: biográfico-temático''
p. 1343]
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was a Greek
Jesuit
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, natural philosopher and controversialist. He was sometimes known as Cydonius.
Life
He entered the Society of Jesus in 1581, in Italy.
[ Stillman Drake, ''Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography'' (2003), p. 447]
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He was at the
Collegio Romano, where in 1597–8 he lectured on the ''Physics'' and other works of
Aristotle
Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...
; he wrote himself on
projectile motion. He was at
Padua
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from 1601,
where he discussed the "ship's mast experiment" (see
Galileo's ship
Galileo's ship refers to two physics experiments, a thought experiment and an actual experiment, by Galileo Galilei, the 16th and 17th century physicist and astronomer. The experiments were created to argue the idea of a rotating Earth as opposed t ...
) with
Galileo Galilei
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ...
. This meeting was before 1606.
Eudaemon-Joannis took a deathbed statement from Bellarmine in 1621. He became rector of the
Greek College, Rome
The Pontifical Greek College of St. Athanasius ( it, Pontificio Collegio Greco di Sant’Atanasio, el, Ποντιφίκιο Ελληνικό Κολλέγιο Αγίου Αθανασίου) is a Pontifical College in Rome that observes the Byzan ...
in 1622.
He was theologian and advisor to
Cardinal Francesco Barberini who went on a mission as legate to Paris in 1624/5. An unpopular insistence on the formalities was attributed to him, at a time of tension between the Jesuits and the French Catholic Church. He died in Rome, on 24 December 1625.
Works
He defended
Robert Bellarmine, in particular, against English attacks over the
allegiance oath of James I. One work was directed against
Edward Coke
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
, continuing a defence of
Henry Garnet. The pamphlet war drew in
Isaac Casaubon, and Eudaemon-Joannis was attacked by name by
John Prideaux
John Prideaux (7 September 1578 – 29 July 1650) was an English academic and Bishop of Worcester.
Early life
The fourth son of John and Agnes Prideaux, he was born at Stowford House in the parish of Harford, near Ivybridge, Devon, England, ...
.
Eudaemon-Joannis was sometimes considered to be a
pseudonym
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in this debate, for example for
Scioppius
Caspar Schoppe (27 May 1576 – 19 November 1649) was a German catholic controversialist and scholar.
Life
He was born at Neumarkt in the upper Palatinate and studied at several German universities. He converted to Roman Catholicism in about 159 ...
; or for the French Jesuit
Jean L'Heureux, something repeated in the ''Criminal Trials'' of
David Jardine in the 19th century. A 1625 work, the ''Admonitio'' attacking
Louis XIII
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...
, that appeared under the pseudonym G.G.R., has been attributed both to Eudaemon-Joannis and to
Jacob Keller
Jacob Keller (1568 – 23 February 1631) was a German Jesuit theologian, author, and religious instructor.
Life
He was born in Säckingen, Baden, Germany. After entering the Society of Jesus in 1589 and completing his studies, he taught the clas ...
.
Cardinal Richelieu
Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu (; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman and statesman. He was also known as ''l'Éminence rouge'', or "the Red Eminence", a term derived from the ...
believed Eudaemon-Joannis to be the author;
Carolus Scribani
Carolus may refer to:
People
* Carolus (name)
* the medieval Latin form of the name Charles
**Charlemagne (742–814)
* King Charles XII of Sweden, who is sometimes referred to as "Carolus Rex"
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* ''Carolus'' (plant), a genus of flowe ...
was another suspect, and
François Garasse Francis Garasse (French: ''François Garasse''; 1585-1631) was a French people, French Jesuit, preacher, polemicist and writer. He was the Jesuitism, Jesuitical writer, notable, for his wit and buffoonery, but more distinguished himself by his writi ...
was questioned, as part of the struggle of
Gallicanism against the Jesuits.
*''Adversus Roberti Abb. Oxoniensis de Antichristo sophismata'' (1609)
*''Ad actionem proditoriam Edouardi Coqui, apologia pro R.P. Henrico Garneto'' (1610)
*''Confutatio Anti-Cotoni'' (1611)
*''Parallelus Torti ac Tortoris'' (1611), against
Lancelot Andrewes on behalf of Bellarmine.
Charles Howard McIlwain
Charles Howard McIlwain (March 15, 1871 – June 1, 1968) was an American historian and political scientist. He won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1924. He was educated at Princeton University and Harvard University and taught at both instituti ...
, ''The Political Works of James I'' (2002), p. lxvi
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*''Castigatio Apocalypsis apocalypeos Th. Breghtmanni'' (1611); against
Thomas Brightman
Thomas Brightman (1562–1607) was an English clergyman and biblical commentator. His exegesis of the Book of Revelation, published posthumously, proved influential. According to William M. Lamont, Brightman and Joseph Mede were the two most impor ...
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*''Responsio ad epistolam Isaaci Casauboni''; attack on Casaubon and reply to his letter to
Fronto Ducaeus.
It alleged Casaubon wrote on behalf of James I for money.
*''Epistola monitoria, ad Ioannem Barclaium'' (1613); against
John Barclay, who had written in defence of his father
William Barclay William Barclay may refer to:
*William Barclay (jurist) (1546–1608), Scottish jurist
*William Barclay (writer) (c. 1570–c. 1630), Scottish writer
*William Barclay (painter) (1797–1859), English miniature painter
*William Barclay (theologian) ...
's ''De potestate papae''.
*''Epistola ad amicum Gallum super dissertatione politica Leidhresseri'' (1613); a reply to
Desiderius Heraldus (Didier Hérault or Hérauld) writing as David Leidhresserus.
[Jean Baptiste Joseph Boulliot, ''Biographie ardennaise'' Volume 2 (1830), p. 40]
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*''Refutatio exercitationum Isaaci Casauboni libris duobus comprehensa'' (1617)
*''Defensio annalium ecclesiasticorum Caesaris Baronii'' (1617)
*''Admonitio ad lectores librorum M. Antonii de dominis'' (1619)
*''Excerpta ex litteris de pio obitu Rob. cardinalis Bellarmini'' (1621)
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1566 births
1625 deaths
Greek Jesuits
People from Chania