Charles de Visch
Charles de Visch O.Cist. (* August 15, 1596 in Veurne ; † April 11, 1666 in Bruges ) was a Cistercian monk and historian .
Visch studied from 1621 to 1625 at the University of Douai and then taught for two years in the German Cistercian Abbey of Eberbach . He was not particularly qualified through scientific work, but published the first edition of his Bibliotheca scriptorum sacri ordinis Cisterciensis in 1649 , the second edition of which appeared in 1656. In general, he used second-hand information in this work; since he did not have the scriptures, errors occurred more frequently. Nevertheless, his work served many other researchers - no other of the same size existed - until the 20th century. In 1665 he compiled another list of authors of the religious order, which only appeared in the Cistercian Chronicle in 1926 . de Visch was Prior of Dunes in Belgium from 1649 to 1661.
literature
- André Vernet: La Bibliothèque de l'Abbaye de Clairvaux du XIIe au XVIIIe Siècle (Paris 1979), p. 54.
- Noël Geirnaert: Charles de Visch , in: Nationaal biografisch woordenboek 6 (1974), columns 986-994.
Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph-Marie Canivez : Auctarium D. Caroli De Visch ad "Bibliothecam scriptorum sacri ordinis Cisterciensis" in: CistC 38 (1926) - 39 (1927) passim.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Visch, Charles de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Visch, Carolus de; Visch, Karl de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cistercian historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1596 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Veurne |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1666 |
| Place of death | Bruges |