Herman Hugo

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1588 – 1629

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Who was Herman Hugo?

Herman Hugo was a Jesuit priest, writer and military chaplain. His Pia desideria, a spiritual emblem book published in Antwerp in 1624, was "the most popular religious emblem book of the seventeenth century". It went through 42 Latin editions and was widely translated up to the 18th century.

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Born
1588
Died
1629

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on July 23, 2013

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