Johannes Livineius
Johannes Livineius | |
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| Language | Latin |
| Alma mater | University of Leuven |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Subject | Greek patristics |
| Relatives | Laevinus Torrentius (uncle) |
Johannes Lievens,
Latinized Johannes Livineius (1546/47–1599), was a scholar of Greek patristics from the Habsburg Netherlands (now Belgium).[1]
Life
Lievens was born in Dendermonde (County of Flanders) in 1546 or 1547, the son of Nicolas Lievens and Clara Vander Beke (sister to Laevinus Torrentius). Although not born in Ghent, he sometimes used the cognomen Gandensis, as both his parents were from that city. He was educated first in Ghent and later at the Jesuit college in Cologne, before attending the University of Leuven.
On 16 July 1573 he was awarded a
on 13 January 1599, aged 51, and was buried in Antwerp Cathedral.Works
Livineius's Latin translation and critical Greek edition of
Christopher Plantin in 1574. The following year, Plantin printed Livineius's translation of John Chrysostom
's treatise on Virginity.
Livineius also produced an edition of twelve Latin panegyricists (XII panegyrici veteres, Plantin Office, 1599), from a manuscript in the Abbey of Saint Bertin (Saint-Omer).
His translation of
Aubertus Miraeus
.
References
- ^ Louis Roersch, "Lievens (Jean)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 12 (Brussels, 1893), 124-128.
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