Petrus Serrarius
Dutch theologian · Netherlands · On the map · Academics · Lived 1600 to 1669 · aged 69
Petrus Serrarius was a millenarian theologian, writer, and also a wealthy merchant, who established himself in Amsterdam in 1630, and was active there until his death. He was born "into a well-to-do Walloon merchant family by name of Serrurier in London."
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![Title page of Petrus Serrarius: Goddelycke aandachten ofte vlammende begeerten, Amsterdam, Salomon Savrij, 1653. The image is an example of Catholic emblematics showing God's love (amor divinus) being poured from above into an enormous heavy burning heart. A translation in Dutch of Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria (Divine Meditations).[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Petrus_Serrarius_-_Goddelycke_aandachten_ofte_vlammende_begeerten%2C_Amsterdam_Salomon_Savrij%2C_title_page_1653.jpg/330px-Petrus_Serrarius_-_Goddelycke_aandachten_ofte_vlammende_begeerten%2C_Amsterdam_Salomon_Savrij%2C_title_page_1653.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Title page of Petrus Serrarius: Goddelycke aandachten ofte vlammende begeerten, Amsterdam, Salomon Savrij, 1653. The image is an example of Catholic emblematics showing God's love (amor divinus) being poured from above into an enormous heavy burning heart. A translation in Dutch of Herman Hugo’s Pia Desideria (Divine Meditations).[1]
Mention of "Pieter Serrurier" in the estate inventory of his daughter Judith by Amsterdam notary Jacob Pont, November 15, 1662.
Pieter Serrurier: Notarial Archives Amsterdam. Inventory of the legacy of his deceased daughter Judith by Amsterdam notary Jacob Pont, November 15, 1662. Mention of Louis and Joseph Serrurier, executors.
Samuel Maresius (1599-1673), Serrarius' coauthor and opponent.
Carel Allard (1648-1709): Walloon Church, Amsterdam, engraving, 1675-1708. Serrarius was buried here on October 1, 1669.
Walloon Church, Amsterdam, modern interior.
Ernestine G.E. van der Wall: De mystieke chiliast Petrus Serrarius (1660-1669) en zijn wereld, Leiden, 1987. Dutch PhD thesis. (Translated title: "The mystical chiliast Petrus Serrarius (1660-1669) and his world)About this person
He has been called "the dean of the dissident Millenarian theologians in Amsterdam".
Country
Netherlands
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1600 to 1669 · aged 69
