Cornaaus, Melchior

Cornaaus, Melchior a German Jesuit, was born at Brilon, in Westphalia, in 1598. He was professor of philosophy at Toulouse, afterwards of theology at Mayence and Wirzburg, and died March 13, 1665. He wrote, Miracula Ecclesiae Catholicae Defensa: — Manes Lutheri et Calvini Judicati: — Ens Rationis Luthero Calvinicum: — Curriculum Philosophie Peripatetice: — Murus Papyrachus Purgatorii, etc. See Witte, Diarium Biographicum; Alegambe, Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societatis Jesu; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)