User:Charles Matthews/Jean L'Heureux
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Jean L'Heureux (1540–1614) known as Johannes Macarius (Macaire) was a Flemish Catholic priest and archaeologist who studied the Roman catacombs.
Life
[edit]Gravelines, student of Leopard (Paul Leopardus) at Bergues and canon of Aire en Artois. At the time parts of Spanish Netherlands.
With Philip de Winghe and Alfonso Ciacconio (Chacon), L'Heureux explored the catacombs.[1] The writings of L'Heureux were published by Raffaele Garrucci.[2] More broadly de Winghe and L'Heureux were pioneers in the field of sacra archaeologia, with Antonio Bosio. Peiresc kept in touch with their work.[3]
Works
[edit]- Hagioglypta Online book
- Abraxas seu Apistopistus (1657), a work on Gnostic gems[4][5]
References
[edit]- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=txM_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA410
- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MKxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA166
Notes
[edit]- ^ Roma sotterranea : Or, Some account of the Roman catacombs, especially of the cemetery of San Callisto ; comp. From the works of Commendatore de Rossi with the consent of the author. London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. 1869.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- ^ http://www.bgc.bard.edu/images/content/1/1/11717.pdf, pp. 76–7 of PDF.
- ^ Thorndike, Lynn (February 2003). History of Magic & Experimental Science 1923. ISBN 9780766143166.
- ^ Antique gems: Their origin, uses, and value as interpreters of ancient history; and as illustrative of ancient art: With hints to gem collectors. London, J. Murray. 1866.