Jacobus Verheiden
Dutch writer
Jacobus Verheiden (Verheidanus Graviensis) (fl. 1590–1618) was a Dutch schoolmaster known as an author.
Life
He was the elder brother of William Verheiden (1568–1596) from Grave. They both attended the University of Leiden in 1590, and Jacobus was at Heidelberg in 1591. He became rector of the Latin school in Nijmegen. He was a friend of Thomas Bodley.
Verheiden was a delegate from the Synod of Gelderland to the Synod of Dort in 1618.
Works
The Praestantium aliquot theologorum (1602) consisted of 50 engraved portraits of Protestant theologians, with a few earlier figures (Berengar of Tours, John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, Jerome of Prague, Girolamo Savonarola and Erasmus) and a few laymen, for which Verheiden supplied Latin text, including biographical and bibliographical information. Many of the images, by Hendrik Hondius I, had appeared in an earlier work. The full title presents these men as opponents of the Roman Antichrist, combining images with eulogies by Verheiden; the work is also known by the short Imagines et elogia.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6119904. VIAF identifies the subject as 56961832. The Library of Congress control number is n81005126. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1590, 1618, 1568 and 1596.
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