The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . retired to Ath and there he at once restored the primi-tive observance of the rule. In spite of oppositionthe reform gained ground and numbers increasedrapidly. When a return to Liessies became possible,in 1545, the reform was accepted by those that hadremained there and was confirmed by a Bull of PopePaul III. Blosius next began a restoration andenlargement of the abbey buildings, which were onlycompleted after his death. In 1556 Charles V off
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . retired to Ath and there he at once restored the primi-tive observance of the rule. In spite of oppositionthe reform gained ground and numbers increasedrapidly. When a return to Liessies became possible,in 1545, the reform was accepted by those that hadremained there and was confirmed by a Bull of PopePaul III. Blosius next began a restoration andenlargement of the abbey buildings, which were onlycompleted after his death. In 1556 Charles V offeredhim the Archbishopric of Cambrai and the abbacy ofTournai, both of which he refused in order that hemight remain at Liessies. In personal characterlie was distinguished for his gentleness, his generosityto the poor, his love of chastity, and his devotion tothe .Mother of God. He was a diligent student,especially of the Scriptures, the works of the Fathers,and the mystical \mters of the fourteenth own -rtTitings were numerous, the chief beingSpeculum Monachorum, vTitten in Latin, trans-lated into French 1726, and into English 1872. Francois-Louis Blosius (Mirror for Monks, by Sir John Coleridge), Entre-tiens spirituels, and Instructions spirituelles etpens^es consolantes. His complete works werefirst published at Louvain in 1568 and have beenmany times reprinted and translated. Of Englisheditions, besides the Mirror for Monks, there areA Book of Spiritual Instruction (London, 1900)and Comfort for the Faint-hearted (London,1902), both translated by Father Bertrand Wilber-force, Acta I, 430: Ziegelbauer, Hist. Lit. 0. S. B. (Augs-burg, 1754), I, 100-482; Hurter, Nomenclator {Innsbruck,1892), I, ; De Blois. A Benedictine of the Sixteenth Century,tr. LoVAT (London, 1878). G. Cyprian Alston. Blyssen, Hbineich, b. at Cologne or Bonn, Ger-many, in 1526; d. at Graz, 24 April, 15S6. He enteredthe Society of Jesus, and St. Ignatius, appreciatinghis logic and h
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