Bedřich Bridel
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Bedřich Bridel, or Fridrich Bridelius (Template:Langx; 1619, Vysoké Mýto – October 15, 1680, Kutná Hora) was a Czech baroque writer, poet, and missionary.
Biography
He studied at the Jesuit gymnasium in Prague. In 1637 he entered the Jesuit order, he was ordained as a priest around 1650.[1] From 1656 to 1660 he led the printing office of the Jesuits in the Prague Clementinum. Following the 1660 he devoted himself exclusively to the missionary and predicatory activities in Bohemia.[1] He died of plague.
Work
Bridel's literary output is varied, he used more forms and genres. The majority of his works are catechetic books. He also translated the German and Latin texts into Czech.[1]
List of selected works
- Co Bůh? Člověk? (What about God? What about Man?) – a long meditative poem that is regarded today as one of the most important works of the Bohemian baroque poetry
- Život svatého Ivana, 1656 (The life of the saint Ivan)
- Stůl Páně (The table of the Lord)
- František svatý Xaver (Saint Francis Xavier)
- Sláva Svatoprokopská, 1662 (The glory of the saint Prokop)
- Katechismus katolický (Catholic catechism)
See also
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References
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- 1619 births
- 1680 deaths
- 17th-century deaths from plague (disease)
- 17th-century male writers
- 17th-century poets from Bohemia
- 17th-century Roman Catholics
- 17th-century writers from Bohemia
- Baroque writers
- Catholic poets
- Czech Catholic poets
- Czech Jesuits
- Czech-language writers
- Czech male poets
- Czech Roman Catholic missionaries
- Czech Roman Catholic writers
- Jesuit missionaries
- People from Kutná Hora
- People from Vysoké Mýto
- Roman Catholic missionaries in the Czech Republic