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Name: Peter Canisius, St.
Birth Date: May 8, 1521
Death Date: December 21, 1597
Place of Birth: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Place of Death: Fribourg, Switzerland
Nationality: Dutch
Gender: Male
Occupations: saint, religious leader

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Biography of Peter Canisius, St.
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The Dutch Jesuit St. Peter Canisius (1521-1597) was a leading figure of the Counter Reformation. A deeply prayerful man and indefatigable worker, he reanimated the Catholic Church in central Europe by preaching, writing, and founding Jesuit colleges....


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Canisius, Peter Summary
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CANISIUS, PETER (1521–1597), doctor of the church, Jesuit priest, educator, theologian, and saint. Born at Nijmegen, Peter Canisius was educated at the University of Cologne. Sent by his father, Jakob Kanijs, to study law at Louvain in 1539,...
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Petrus Canisius Information
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Saint Petrus Canisius (May 8, 1521 – December 21, 1597) was an important Jesuit who fought against the spread of Protestantism in Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and Switzerland. The restoration of Catholicism in Germany after the Reformation is...


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Theological Studies
PETRUS CANISIUS, S.J. (1521-1597): HUMANIST UND EUROPAER.(Review)
09/01/2001: 659 words, approx. 2 pages
PETRUS CANISIUS, S.J. (1521-1597): HUMANIST UND EUROPAER. Edited by Rainer Berndt. Erudiri Sapientia, vol. 1. Berlin: Akademie, 2000. Pp. 500. DM 168. The 400th anniversary in 1997 of the death of the Dutch Jesuit Peter Canisius sparked off a surprising number of...
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The Boston Globe
Canisius Frustrates Nu
02/21/1988: 627 words, approx. 2 pages
Although half of the last four outings resulted in victory, they were, in the estimation of Northeastern coach Karl Fogel, "all terrible games." First there was a 72-70 squeaker at home against Vermont, followed by an 88-68 humiliation at Boston University and an...
 


 

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