1557 Births - Agostino Carracci, Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Feodor I of Russia, Joseph Calasanctius, Balthasar Gerard (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Agostino Carracci, Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Feodor I of Russia, Joseph Calasanctius, Balthasar Gerard, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Gustrow, Pietro Tacca, Alfonso Fontanelli, Giovanni Croce, Bernardo Castello, Stephen Bocskay, Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, Leandro Bassano, Irina Godunova, Frederick I, Duke of Wurttemberg, Jacques Mauduit, Lew Sapieha, Jean de Sponde, Katakura Kagetsuna, William Hartley, Anne Howard, Countess of Arundel, Edward Latymer, John Cornelius, Kamei Korenori, Nicholas Fuller, Johannes Wtenbogaert, Leonard Hutten, Vittoria Accoramboni, Cornelis Schuyt, Joseph Creswell, Francois de Coligny, James Anderton, Anthony Grey, 9th Earl of Kent, Carolus Luython, William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath, Olaus Martini, Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just, Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein, Toda Katsushige, Nishina Morinobu, Oda Nobutada, Antoine Favre, Trijn Rembrands, Zhu Guozhen, Thomas Pilchard, Arthur Throckmorton, Elaine de Francias, Nasu Sukeharu. Excerpt: Saint Joseph Calasanctius (Spanish: ) (September 11, 1557 - August 25, 1648), also known as Joseph Calasanz and Josephus a Matre Dei, was the founder of the Pious Schools and the Order of the Piarists. Joseph Calasanctius, or Jose de Calasanz, as he is called in Spanish, was born at Peralta de la Sal, Aragon, in the Kingdom of Spain on September 11, 1557. His parents were Don Pedro Calasanz and Dona Maria Gaston, who gave him, the youngest of eight children, a good education at home and then at the school of Peralta. After his classical studies at Estadilla, he took up philosophy and jurisprudence at Lerida and earned the degree of Doctor of Laws, and then, with honors completed, his theological course at Valencia and Alcala de Henares. His mother and brother having died, Don Pedro wanted Joseph to m...