See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS DE See also:BLUIS (1506-1566)
, Flemish mystical writer, generally known under the name of BLosIus, was See also:born in See also:October 1506 at the See also:chateau of Donstienne, near See also:Liege, of an illustrious See also:family to which several crowned heads were allied
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He was educated at the See also:court of the See also:Netherlands with the future See also:emperor See also:Charles V. of See also:Germany, who remained to the last his staunch friend
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At the See also:age of fourteen he received the See also:Benedictine See also:habit in the monastery of Liessies in See also:Hainaut, of which he became See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot in 1530
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Charles V. pressed in vain upon him the archbishopric of See also:Cambrai, but Blosius studiously exerted himself in the reform of his monastery and in the See also:composition of devotional See also:works
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He died at his monastery on the 7th of See also:January 1566
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Blosius's works, which were written in Latin, have been translated into almost every See also:European See also:language, and have appealed not only to See also:Roman Catholics, but to many See also:English laymen of See also:note, such as W
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See also:Gladstone and See also:Lord See also:Coleridge
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The best See also:editions of his collected works are the first edition by J
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Frojus (See also:Louvain, 1568), and the See also:Cologne reprints (1572, 1587)
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His best-known works are: the Institutio Spiritualis (Eng. trans., A See also:Book of Spiritual Instruction, See also:London, 1900); Consolatio Pusillanimium (Eng. trans., Comfort for the Faint-Hearted, London, 1903); Sacellum Animae Fidelis (Eng. trans., The See also:Sanctuary of the Faithful Soul, London, 1905); all these three works were translated and edited by See also:Father See also:Bertrand See also:Wilberforce, O.P., and have been reprinted several times; and especially See also:Speculum Monachorum (See also:French trans. by Felicite de See also:Lamennais, See also:Paris, 1809; Eng. trans., Paris, 1676; re-edited by Lord Coleridge, London, 1871, 1872, and inserted in " Paternoster " See also:series, 1901)
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See Georges de See also:Blois, See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis de Blois, un Benedictin au X VI a" e siecle (Paris, 1875), Eng. trans. by See also:Lady See also:Lovat (London, 1878, &c.)
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