Gerard van Rivieren, Latinized Gerardus Rivius (active 1592–1625) was a printer in the

Southern Netherlands The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the A ...

. He was the publisher of

Martin Delrio Martin Anton Delrio SJ ( la, Martinus Antonius Delrio; es, Martín Antonio del Río; french: Martin-Antoine del Rio; 17 May 1551 – 19 October 1608) was a Dutch Jesuit theologian He studied at numerous institutions, receiving a master's ...

's famous witchcraft treatise ''Disquistiones Magicae'' and was at one time suspected of having printed ''

Corona Regia ''Corona Regia'' (Latin for "Royal Crown") was a scandalous satire of King James I of England. It was written from the fictional perspective of an unfinished panegyric of the king found among the papers of Isaac Casaubon (1559–1614) and publishe ...

'', a satire on

James I of England James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland as James I from the Union of the Crowns, union of the Scottish and Eng ...

that caused diplomatic ructions. His printer's mark was a winged horse, and his motto "Totum sic irrigat orbem".

Life

Rivius's earliest work was produced in

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

in 1592, where he continued to work until 1597. In 1598 he was using an

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address, and from 1599 his shop was on the main market square in

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...

. Rivius married Johanna Bogaers. Of their children Johannes Rivius (1599–1665) became an Augustinian canon and a lecturer at

Leuven University KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...

, while Petrus Rivius (1607–1666) became a Premonstratensian canon of

Tongerlo Abbey Tongerlo Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery at Tongerlo in Westerlo near Antwerp, Belgium. History It was founded in 1128 in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Giselbert of Kasterlee, who not only gave the land, but also himself became a ...

Publications

*1598: Cornelis van Wytfliet, ''Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum'' *1599:

Matthaeus Galenus Matthaeus (also Matthæus) is a given name, the Latin form of Matthew. Notable people with the name include: * Matthaeus Greuter (1564–1638), German etcher and engraver who worked in Rome * Matthaeus Pipelare (c. 1450 – c. 1515), Netherla ...

, ''Commentarius in Pauli ad Hebraeos epistolam'' *1599–1600:

, ''Disquistiones Magicae'', 3 vols. *1604:

Nicolas de Montmorency Nicolas de Montmorency (ca. 1556–1617), count of Estaires, was an office holder and spiritual author in the Spanish Netherlands. Life Nicolas de Montmorency was born in by 1556, the third son of François de Montmorency, lord of Wastines, and H ...

, ''Flos Campi'' *1605: Johannes Wamesius, ''Responsa sive consilia de jure pontificio'' *1614:

Maximiliaan de Vriendt Maximiliaan de Vriendt, Latinized Maximus Æmilianus Vrientius (1559–1614), was a Neo-Latin poet and a civic office-holder in the city of Ghent. Life De Vriendt was born at Zandenburg Castle, Veere, on 31 January 1559, to Jacques Jacobs de Vrien ...

, ''Urbes Flandriæ et Brabantiæ'' *1620: Jacobus Jansenius, ''Oratio funebris in obitum D. Matthiae Hovii'' (a funeral oration for

Mathias Hovius Mathias Hovius (1542–1620), born Matthijs Van Hove, was the third Archbishop of Mechelen from 1596 to 1620. As Archbishop, Hovius presided over implementing the Catholic Reformation in the Spanish Netherlands. Early career Hovius was born in M ...

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Johannes Molanus Joannes Molanus (1533–1585), often cited simply as Molanus, is the Latinisation of names, Latinized name of Jan Vermeulen or Van der Meulen, an influential Counter Reformation Catholic theologian of Old University of Leuven, Louvain University, ...

, ''Theologiae practicae compendium''

References

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