Peter Canisius
Dutch, Jesuit priest, Doctor of the Church, Roman Catholic saint · Netherlands · Religious Figures · Lived 1521 to 1597 · aged 76
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Something wrong?A Dutch Jesuit who became the Counter-Reformation's field general across German-speaking Europe, holding the line against Protestantism when Rome had nearly lost the continent.
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In their own words 2
, Others may use their work as an excuse, aiming for the highest positions, which render the greatest service to the Church. (. .
You know, O Lord, how intensely you entrusted Germany to me that day.
About this person
Born Pieter Kanis on 8 May 1521 in the Netherlands, he joined the Jesuits and spent decades moving through Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Switzerland, and the British Isles - not as a theorist but as an operative, preaching, teaching, and rebuilding institutional Catholic presence where it had collapsed. The restoration of the Catholic Church in Germany is largely credited to the Jesuit campaign he led on the ground. He died on 21 December 1597, and the Church later named him both a saint and a Doctor - a rare title reserved for those whose writing shaped doctrine.
Religious Figures from the Netherlands 6
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