Abraham Aurelius

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Abraham Aurelius
1631 engraving of Abraham Aurelius by Robert van Voerst
Born1575 (1575)
Died1632 (aged 56–57)
OccupationProtestant minister

Abraham Aurelius (1575 – 1632) was an English pastor of the French Protestant church in London.

He was a son of

Leyden, in the Low Countries, and took his degree there in 1596.[1] He kept up a correspondence with Gerardus Vossius.[2]

In 1613, on the occasion of the marriage of

Court of St. James
, bears his signature, but the paraphrase itself is preceded by some Latin verses in praise of the deceased pastor.

References

  1. ^ "Aurelius, Abraham" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. ^ (in Dutch) C. S. M. Rademaker, Leven en werk van Gerardus Joannes Vossius (1577–1649) (1999), p. 79; Google Books.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain"Aurelius, Abraham". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.