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Peter Blomevenna ; 29 March 1466 in
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– 14 August 1536 in
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) 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 ...
author and prior of
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from 1507 to 1536. He was a translator of
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 ...
, among many other works, and an active opponent of early
Protestantism Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
. He was a close friend of
Werner Rolewinck Werner Rolevinck (1425–1502) was a Carthusian monk and historian who wrote about 50 titles. He was born near Laer, Westphalia, the son of a wealthy farmer. In 1447 he entered Cologne Charterhouse, where he later died. His most famous work was his ...
(died 1502).Johannes Janssen,
History of the German People at the Close of the Middle Ages
'


Biography

Because of the avarice of his parents, although they belonged to a wealthy background, he spent his first years in poverty and difficulties. He studied at the Faculty of Arts in Cologne from 1483, then entered the Carthusian monks in 1489 where he professed his vows on 7 March 1490. He is distinguished by his piety and his intellectual capacities. He was a close friend of the Carthusian Werner Rolevinck. At the age of forty, he was elected prior of the Charterhouse of Cologne, a position he assumed until his death. During troubled times, he emphasized a more personal mystique and the demands of the rule of his order. The Charterhouse quickly became an intellectual and mystical center of the time. He composed treatises, some of which were controversial (against the Anabaptists for example, who had seized Münster in February 1534). In his ''Enchiridion sacerdotum'' (1532), he clarified the mystery of the
Holy Eucharist The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christianity, Christian Rite (Christianity), rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an Ordinance (Christianity), ordinance in ot ...
. His ''De Bonitate divina'' inspired many preachers. In 1509, he published ''Le Miroir de perfection'' by the Flemish Franciscan Harphius (1410–1477) and also translated his treatise ''Directorium Aureum Contemplativorum'' into Latin which he supplemented with explanatory notes. He edited many texts by Denis the Carthusian and opposed the growing Reformation in ''Assertio Purgatorii'' (1534) about Purgatory and the Anabaptists, in ''De Auctoriate Ecclesiae''in (1535) on the teaching authority of the Church, in ''De Vario Modo adorandi Deum, Sanctos et eorum Imagines'' (1535) about images and the worship of God in beauty, and ''Candela Evangelica'' (1536). Under the priorate of Peter of Leyden from 1506–1507, the Carthusian monastery of Cologne is half freed from the tutelage of the city of Cologne and its prince-archbishop and becomes a center of mystical thought of the '' Devotio Moderna''. Taking advantage of the progress of the printing press, it disseminates in addition to the writings of Harphius, those of Tauler (of which Luther will however claim), Suso,
Lanspergius John Justus of Landsberg (1489 – 10 August 1539) was a German Carthusian monk and ascetical writer. His family name was Gerecht, of which ''Justus'' is merely a Latin translation. The appellation, however, by which he is generally known is tha ...
(disciple of Peter Blomevenna) or even of Ruysbroeck, the ''Imitation of Jesus Christ'', and especially the works of Denis the Carthusian (1424–1471), the ''doctor ecstaticus''. For example, he has ''D. Dionysii Carthusiani Contra Alchoranum and sectam Machometicam libri quinque'' against the “Mohammedan sect” edited with an introduction composed by him. Under his priorate, the Charterhouse of Cologne flourished with between 16 and 25 professed monks and 16 to 17 lay brothers. In 1520–1530, Peter had an extension built outside the spiritual fence in order to receive visitors wishing to follow the spiritual direction of the Carthusians. The editor of ''La Perle évangélique'' (remained anonymous) that he directs was one of them, no doubt pious beguines like Marie Van Houte d ' Oisterwijk. The Cologne Charterhouse also gave advice to the first Jesuits ( Peter Faber and Peter Canisius). The writings of Peter Blomevenna were printed in 1538 by Dietrich Loher. Gérard Kalkbrenner (1494–1566) succeeded him as prior.


Works

* ''Sermo de Sancte Brunone'' (1516) * ''Vita sancti Brunonis'' (1516) * ''De bonitate divina'' * ''Modus legendi Rosarium B. Mariæ Virginis'' (published at the end of Harphius ' ''Directorium aureum contemplativorum,'' published in 1509, 1510 and 1513) concerning the Carthusian rosary * ''Enchiridion sacerdotum in quo quae ad divinissimam Eucharistiam et sacratissimae Missae officium attinent'' (1532) * ''D. Dionysii Carthusiani, de his quae secundas Sacras Scripturas et orthodoxorum patrum sententias ... catholice credantur ... um epistolae noncupatoriis P. Blomevennae and T. Loer a Stratis' (1535)


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Catholic Encyclopedia: Peter Blomevenna
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