Jan van Blitterswyck

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Jan van Blitterswyck (died 1661) was a Carthusian writer and translator in the Spanish Netherlands. [1]

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Blitterswyck was born in Brussels and on 22 January 1606 he was professed in the Brussels Charterhouse. From 1620 to 1634 he was sacristan of the monastery, and from 1637 to 1658 procurator of the Carthusian convent in Bruges. He died in the Brussels Charterhouse on 28 July 1661.

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  1. Anselm J. Gribbin, O.Praem., "The Works of Jan van Blitterswyck, O.Cart.: A Revised List", Analecta Cartusiana 278 (2009), pp. 53-76