Origin: Nijmegen Historical identity: Netherlandish; Habsburg Netherlands Affiliation: Society of Jesus (SJ)
Life and work
Jesuit teacher, preacher and author of influential catechisms. His work connected schools and Catholic reform efforts throughout German-speaking lands, Bohemia and Switzerland.
Years are historical biographical dates; an approximate label on a place record remains approximate.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Lifetime associations, not citizenship or a claim that all affiliations were held simultaneously.
Official modern biographical overview; not contemporary evidence for the saint's travels.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911. Biographical article.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.
Bavarian State Library discovery link for primary editions.