27-05-2018, 01:19 PM
Quote: I don't know if there's a connection between Jesuit Guillaume Germé de Lamormain and P. Vilém Lamormain, but in case it's of use, here's some of the history on Vilém Lamormain
That's one and the same person. "Guillaume" and "Vilem" are different forms of the same name - one French, the other somehow Germanic I think (like Wilhelm). Same thing for the aforementioned Popel who is called "Gulielmo" in the dedication.
Quote:Tepenec dedicated his 1609 book on the Catholic Confession to another member of this branch, with the same
coat of arms
Thanks Rene, it looks like it was a tradition to include the coat of arms of the person whom the book was dedicated to. Tepenec dedicates his book to three people and includes three coats of arms.
Quote:the "Popel von Lobkowitz" branch figured among the highest nobility in Prague at the time of Rudolf.
Indeed, the Lobkovitz family is one of the old noble families of Bohemia, featuring different branches, with Popels as one of them. There is even a Russian Wikipedia article about them. Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel z Lobkovic (to whom Tepenec dedicates his book) was the high chancellor of Bohemia. He had a son called Vaclav, but that was Vaclav Eusebius, not to be confused with Vaclav Vilem.
Vaclav Vilem Popel (1592 - 1621) appears to be a more or less important person who, according to google translate from Czech, "held the post of imperial council and chamberlain". It is also said that "he studied at the Jesuits in Prague". Here's the wiki article: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . It is interesting that he died aged only 29, and given that this was the period of war and unrest, I wonder whether he died his own death.
Quote:"Ferdinandeum" is the name of a Jesuit seminary in Graz, which was founded in 1574.
Aha, that's nice! Since Lamormain was an jesuit and joined that order in Brno, he must have had some connections there. This might explain why Wroblicius received a parish in the rounabouts of Brno.