About Jacobus Tirinus
Lived 1580 – 1636 (aged 55). Jacobus Tirinus was a catholic priest, university teacher and catholic theologian.
Jacobus Tirinus (1580–1636) was a Belgian Jesuit Biblical scholar.
Works and legacy His major work is the Commentarius in Sacram Scripturam, a biblical commentary in two volumes from 1645. He also published a chorography, Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem Formam Redacta, around 1630. He is quoted in George Leo Haydock's Douay Rheims Biblical commentary.
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Who was Jacobus Tirinus?
Jesuit scholar (1580-1636)
When was Jacobus Tirinus born?
Jacobus Tirinus was born on 16 September 1580 in Antwerp.
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Jacobus Tirinus died on 14 July 1636 in Antwerp.
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Jacobus Tirinus was a catholic priest, university teacher and catholic theologian.
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