Francis Coster

Frans de Costere was received into the Society of Jesus by St. Ignatius on 7 November 1552.

While still a young man he was sent to Cologne (western Germany) and lectured there on Sacred Scripture and astronomy.

His reputation as a professor was established within a very short time, and on 10 December 1564, the university of Cologne conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Theology.

They include works on ascetical subjects, meditations on the Blessed Virgin Mary, and sermons on the Gospel for each Sunday of the year.

Probably the most famous of his apologetical works was his Enchiridion controversiarum præcipuarum nostri temporis de Religione (Cologne, 1585, 1587, 1589, 1593).