Cornelius Sneek Explained

Cornelius Sneek (1455–1534) was a 15th–16th century Dominican priest and a member of the Congregation of Holland.^[1]

He was a student of Alanus de Rupe and wrote one of the early works on the rosary.^[2] Sneek taught the Summa Theologica at Rostock.^[3]

Literature

• • Gerhard Schlegel: Sneek, Cornelius Henrici von, in: Sabine Pettke (Hg.): Biographisches Lexikon für Mecklenburg. Vol. 2, Rostock: Schmidt-Römhild 1999 (publication of the Historic Commission for Mecklenburg), pp. 238–242
• Book: Grewolls . Grete . Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon . 2011 . Hinstorff Verlag . Rostock . 978-3-356-01301-6 . 9485 . de.

Notes and References

1. Stories of the rose: the making of the rosary in the Middle Ages by Anne Winston-Allen 1997 ISBN page 176
2. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246a.htm McNicholas, John. "Alanus de Rupe." The Catholic Encyclopedia
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=bK9axCYcbFIC&dq=Cornelius+Sneek&pg=PA166 Mulchahey, Marian Michèle and Mulchahey, Michele. "First the Bow is Bent in Study-- ": Dominican Education Before 1350, PIMS, 1998, p. 166, note 111