Jan van Blitterswyck (died 1661) was a

Carthusian The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians ( la, Ordo Cartusiensis), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its ...

writer and translator in the

Spanish Netherlands Spanish Netherlands (Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a ''pars pro toto'') was the Ha ...

.Anselm J. Gribbin, O.Praem., "The Works of Jan van Blitterswyck, O.Cart.: A Revised List", ''Analecta Cartusiana'' 278 (2009), pp. 53-76 Blitterswyck was born in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

and on 22 January 1606 he was professed in the Brussels Charterhouse. From 1620 to 1634 he was

sacristan A sacristan is an officer charged with care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents. In ancient times, many duties of the sacrist were performed by the doorkeepers ( ostiarii), and later by the treasurers and mansionarii. The Decretals ...

of the monastery, and from 1637 to 1658 procurator of the Carthusian convent in

Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...

. He died in the Brussels Charterhouse on 28 July 1661.

Writings

*''Ghebeden ten gebruike der persoonen die de L. Vrouwen beelden bezoeken, te Brussel bestaende'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerts, 1623) *''Gheestelicke zuchten tot Godt'' (Bruges, Guilliame de Neve, 1629) *''Schat van ghebeden tot O.L. Vrouwe, voor en na de biechte'' (Bruges, Nicolaes Breyghel, 1641) *''Precationes et Litaniae selectae ad Beatam Virginem Mariam'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerdts, n.d.)

Translations

* Didacus a Stella, OFM, ''Van des wereldts ijdelheden te versmaden'' (Brussels, Jan Reyns; Antwerp,

Hieronymus Verdussen Verdussen was a dynasty of printers in Antwerp, starting with Hieronymus Verdussen I in the late sixteenth century, and ending around 1800. Many other printers in Antwerp were also related to the Verdussens through marriage. They specialized in reli ...

, 1614) * Robert Bellarmine, SJ, ''De Seven Woorden van Christo aen het Cruys gesproken'' (Antwerp, Cornelis Verschueren, 1619) *Bartholomaeus Saluthius, OFM, ''Het licht der sielen'' (Antwerp, Cornelis Verschueren, 1619) *Bartholomaeus Saluthius, OFM, ''De seven trompetten: blaesende door de geheele werelt om den sondaer te verwercken tot penitentie'' (Ghent, Cornelius Meyer, 1620) *Bartholomaeus Saluthius, OFM, ''Het vierde deel van't licht der zielen'' (Antwerp, Geeraerdt Wolsschaten, 1621) *Bartholomaeus Saluthius, OFM, ''Het broederschap der Goddelijcker Liefden'' (Brussels, Jan Mommaert, 1621) * Cornelius Lancilottus, OESA, ''D'Leven van den H. Vader S. Augustijn'' (Antwerp, Hieronymus Verdussen, 1621) *Bartholomaeus Saluthius, OFM, ''Convivium Spirituale amatorum Christi'' (Brussels, Jan Pepermans, 1622) *Lawrence Bénard, OSB, ''Middelen om gheestelijcke herten te helpen oeffenen de deuchden welcke den H. Vader Benedictus in synen reghel leert'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerts, 1624) *

Denis the Carthusian Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471), also known as Denys van Leeuwen, Denis Ryckel, Dionysius van Rijkel, Denys le Chartreux (or other combinations of these terms), was a Roman Catholic theologian and mystic. Life Denis was born in 1402 in that ...

, ''De laudabili vita conjugatorum'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerdts, 1624) *

Andres de Soto Andres de Soto or Andreas a Soto (1552/3–1625) was a Franciscan preacher and spiritual writer, confessor to the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia. Life Andres de Soto was born in Sahagún, Spain, in 1552 or 1553. He entered the Recollect Francisc ...

, OFM, ''Beschouwinghen op het kruycifix ende op de smerten welcke de heylighste Maghet Maria lede aen den voedt des Kruys'' (Brussels, Jan Pepermans, 1625) *Denis the Carthusian, ''Boeck van den enghen wech der Saligheyt'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerdts, 1626) *Denis the Carthusian, ''Den spieghel der liefhebbers des werelts'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerdts, 1626) *Denis the Carthusian, ''Van de IV uytersten'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerdts, 1627) * Antonio Daça, OFM, ''Historie, leven, ende Mirakelen ontgheestinghen, ende openbaeringhen van de Salighe Maghet suster Joanna de la Croix van de derde Ordre van S. Franciscus'' (Brussels, Jan Mommaert, 1627) *Denis the Carthusian, ''De enormitate peccati'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerdts, 1629) * Philip François, OSB, ''Daeghelijcksche oeffeninghen der novitien ghetrocken wt den reghel van S. Benedictus'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerdts, 1630) *

Thomas á Jesu Thomas á Jesu (1564 – 24 May 1627) was a Discalced Carmelite and writer on mystical theology who is principally known for establishing the Carmelite hermitages known as deserts, and for his writings on prayer. Biography Thomas was born in ...

, O.Carm., ''Modus cognoscendi profectum animae spiritualem'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerdts, 1644) * Antonio de Molina, O.Cart., ''Documenta spiritualia pro exercitiis quotidianis'' (Brussels, Govaerdt Schoevaerdts, 1651) *Thomas Leonardi, OP, ''Christus Crucifixus'' (Bruges, Alexander Michiels, 1652) *Mark de Bonnyers, SJ, ''Advocatus sive Patronus animarum existentium in purgatorio'' (Bruges, Lucas vanden Kerchove, 1655) * Charles de Visch, O.Cist., ''Het leven van den Eerw. Heere ende Vader in Christo, Heer Adrianus Cancellier in voorleden tijden den XXXIX. Abt van het Loffelyck Klooster ten Duynen'' (Bruges, Lucas vanden Kerchove, 1657) *Antonio de Molina, O.Cart., ''Van 't gebed'' (Brussels, 1660) * Johannes Justus Lanspergius, O.Cart., ''Sendtbrief van Onsen Heere Jesus-Christus tot eene Godtminnende ende devote ziele'' (Brussels, Philip Vleugaert, 1660)

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