DIONISIO da LUSSEMBURGO. — He entered the Capuchins of the Rhenish province on 1 May 1669 and died at Kochem on 11 February 1703.
A widely renowned preacher, he also wrote many polemical, catechetical, ascetical, and hagiographical works, including: Leben Antichristi (there 1682), which inspired various literary and dramatic compositions; Legend der Heiligen (there 1685); Der grosse marianische Calender (Augsbur-Dillingen 1685); Grosser Cathechismus (Magonza 1698); Die güldene Legend von unser lieben Frauen (there 1699); etc. These works achieved wide circulation through repeated editions, especially those of an ascetical character, owing to the spontaneous freshness of their popular style. He avoided and combated the literary exaggerations of the Baroque.