MINNESIUS, GUIHELMUS [SSNE 7870]
- Surname
- MINNESIUS, MENZIES
- First name
- GUIHELMUS, WILLIAM
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- STUDENT
- Education
- SEMINARY
- Religion
- CATHOLIC, JESUIT
Text source
Guihelmus Minnesius, 12 years old, matriculated at the Seminary of Braunsberg in the diocese of Ermland (Warmia) in August 1641, but fled sometime after. He arrived at the same time as Alexander Minnesius [SSNE 7873], who may be of some relation.
Sources: Alphons Bellesheim, History of the Catholic Church of Scotland from the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Day, translated with notes and additions by D. Oswald Hunter Blair, Vol. 3 [Appendix VI: Scottish Students in the Seminary of Braunsberg (diocese of Ermland, 1579-1642)] (Edinburgh, 1889), p. 457.
This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.
Service record
- PRUSSIA, POLAND-LITHUANIA, BRAUNSBERG (BRANIEWO)
- Arrived 1641-07-31
- Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC, ECCLESIASTICAL