Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre (1591–1652), sometimes Jean Chrysostome Van der Sterre or Joannes Chrysostomus Stella, was an ecclesiastical writer and

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St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp St Michael's Abbey in Antwerp was a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1124 by Norbert of Xanten and laid waste during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1807 a semaphore station was installed in the tower of the church. The buildings were demolis ...

Life

Vander Sterre was born in

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on 9 March 1591. He was educated at the Jesuit college in Antwerp, and entered St Michael's Abbey in the city, eventually becoming abbot on 7 October 1629. He died on 23 July 1652. As abbot he was a patron of the arts, among other works having a

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installed in the abbey church by

Johannes van Mildert Johannes van Mildert or Hans van Mildert (alternative names: Joannes van Mildert, Johannes Van Milder, and nickname ''den Duyts''; 1588 in Königsberg – 1638 in Antwerp) was a Flemish sculptor, who is best known for his baroque sculptures fou ...

.Barbara Haeger, "The Choir Screen at St. Michael’s Abbey in Anwerp: Gateway to the heavenly Jerusalem", in ''Munuscula Amicorum: Contributions of Rubens and his Colleagues in Honour of Hans Vlieghe'' (Turnhout, 2006), pp. 527-546. He was also a patron of literature, at least three books printed in Antwerp being dedicated to him.

Writings

* ''Vita Sancti Norberti'' (Antwerp, 1622) – a life of

Norbert of Xanten Norbert of Xanten, O. Praem (c. 1075 – 6 June 1134) (Xanten-Magdeburg), also known as Norbert Gennep, was a bishop of the Catholic Church, founder of the Premonstratensian order of canons regular, and is venerated as a saint. Norbert was can ...

Plantin Office edition, 1656, available on Google Books
**Dutch translation, ''Het leven van den H. Norbertus, sticht-vader der Ordre van Praemonstreyt ende apostel van Antwerpen, in dry boecken beschreven'' (Antwerp, 1623
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* ''Natales sanctorum candidissimi ordinis Praemonstratensis'' (Antwerp, 1625
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* ''Lilium inter spinas. Vita Beati Josephi presbyteri et canonici Steinveldensis ordinis Premonstratensis'' (Antwerp, 1627) – a life of Hermann Joseph
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* Martinus Mertz, ''Rosa in hieme. Vita Wilhelmi Rothensis, sanctae et immortalis memoriae, in Suevia canonici, ordinis Praemonstratensis'', edited by Van der Sterre (Antwerp, 1627) – a life of

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* ''Echo S. Norberti triumphantis'' (Antwerp, 1629
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Dedications

Works dedicated to Vander Sterre include: * Richardus Versteganus, ''Medicamenten teghen de melancholie'' (Antwerp, Hendrick Aertsens, 1633) * Christophorus van Essen, ''Den waerom? Den Daerom. De exempelen ende waerheyt met eene voorstellinge ende beklach des oorloghs'' (Antwerp, Hendrik Aertssens, 1634). The author is identified as "fencing master in Antwerp". * Arnold de la Porte, ''Compendio de la lengua española. Institutie vande Spaensche tale'' (Antwerp,

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, 1637)

References

*Simeomo, Macarius ''Laudatio funebris in exequiis reverendissimi domini D. Ioannis Chrysostomi Vander Sterre'' (Antwerp, 1652) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sterre, Johannes Chrysostomus vander 1591 births 1652 deaths 17th-century Christian clergy Abbots from the Spanish Netherlands Premonstratensians People from 's-Hertogenbosch