Simon Verepaeus or Verrept (1522–10 November 1598) was a Dutch priest and educator in the 16th-century Habsburg Netherlands, whose works on prayer, Latin grammar, and Latin composition continued to be reprinted until the early 19th century.
[1] After studying the Liberal Arts and Theology at Leuven University he was ordained priest and became chaplain to the Augustinian canonesses of Mount Thabor Convent outside Mechelen.
There he compiled the Enchiridion precationum piarum, one of the most reprinted prayer books of the Tridentine Church, which was translated into all the major languages of Western Europe except English.
[2][3] During the early stages of the Dutch Revolt Verepaeus sought refuge first in Cologne, where he stayed at the College of the Three Crowns in 1567, and later in Hilvarenbeek, where he taught at the town's college under the headmastership of Nicolas Busius.
He nevertheless remained in the city, contributing to its reconstruction, until 1578, when the community he served temporarily disbanded.