Deaths on October 5

Heribert Rosweyde

Died on October 5, 1629

Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569)

Heribert Rosweyde (20 January 1569, Utrecht – 5 October 1629, Antwerp) was a Jesuit hagiographer. His work, quite unfinished, was taken up by Jean Bolland who systematized it, while broadening its perspective. This is the beginning of the association of the Bollandists.

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Treaty of Lübeck
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck to end the Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.