Crombach (or Crumbach), Hermann

Crombach (or Crumbach), Hermann a German historian and antiquarian of the Jesuit order, was born at Cologne in 1598. He taught in various colleges of his order, devoted himself to researches upon the ecclesiastical history and antiquities of his native country, and died February 7, 1680, leaving Ursula Vindicata (Cologne, 1647; augmented ed. 1674): — Primitiae Gentium (ibid. 1654): — Vita P.D. Jacobi-Marlo Harstii (ibid. 1655): — Auctarium Sanctae Ursulae Vindicatae (ibid. 1669): — Chronographica Descriptio Omnium Parochiarum ad Archi-dioceseos Coloniensis Hierarchiam Pertinentium, in the Bibliotheca Coloniensis of Joseph Hartzeim (ibid. 1747). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten- Lexikon, s.v.