Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre


Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre, sometimes Jean Chrysostome Van der Sterre or Joannes Chrysostomus Stella, was an ecclesiastical writer and abbot of St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp.

Life

Vander Sterre was born in 's-Hertogenbosch on 9 March 1591. He was educated at the Jesuit college in Antwerp, and entered St Michael's Abbey in the city, eventually becoming abbot on 7 October 1629. He died on 23 July 1652.
As abbot he was a patron of the arts, among other works having a choir screen installed in the abbey church by Johannes van Mildert. He was also a patron of literature, at least three books printed in Antwerp being dedicated to him.

Writings

Vita Sancti Norberti – a life of Norbert of Xanten.
  • *Dutch translation, Het leven van den H. Norbertus, sticht-vader der Ordre van Praemonstreyt ende apostel van Antwerpen, in dry boecken beschreven Natales sanctorum candidissimi ordinis Praemonstratensis Lilium inter spinas. Vita Beati Josephi presbyteri et canonici Steinveldensis ordinis Premonstratensis – a life of Hermann Joseph.
  • Martinus Mertz, Rosa in hieme. Vita Wilhelmi Rothensis, sanctae et immortalis memoriae, in Suevia canonici, ordinis Praemonstratensis, edited by Van der Sterre – a life of Wilhelm Eiselin. Echo S. Norberti triumphantis

Dedications

Works dedicated to Vander Sterre include:
  • Richardus Versteganus, Medicamenten teghen de melancholie
  • Christophorus van Essen, Den waerom? Den Daerom. De exempelen ende waerheyt met eene voorstellinge ende beklach des oorloghs. The author is identified as "fencing master in Antwerp".
  • Arnold de la Porte, ''Compendio de la lengua española. Institutie vande Spaensche tale''