Alandus, Johannes

Alandus, Johannes, a Jesuit, biographer, and ascetic writer of Poland, was born at Leopold in 1561. He was director of the college of Nieswicz, the village of prince Nicholas Radziwill. He wrote a work on The Miracles of the Angels (Nieswicz, 1610): — Soliloquia S. Augustini, published under the name of Tyrzna (ibid.:1612): — also a History of the Life of Prince Nicholas Radziwill (Wilna, 1635). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.