Deaths on May 17

Joan Pau Pujol

Died on May 17, 1626

Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan organist and composer (b. 1570)

Joan Pau Pujol (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈam ˈpaw puˈʒɔl]; baptized 18 June 1570 – 17 May 1626) was a Catalan and Spanish composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque. While best known for his sacred music, he also wrote popular secular music.

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Afonso Mendes
Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Catholicism to be the state religion of Ethiopia.