Canisius (Or Cannius), Hendrik,
a Dutch theologian, was born at Bois-le-Duc in 1594. He joined the religious order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, and became successively prior of the convents of Tenremonde, of Tirlemont; and then of Maestricht. He died March 4, 1689. His extant writings are, Carminum Fasciculus: — Manipulus Sacrarum Ordinationum (Louvain, 1661): — Pax et Una Charitus, per easque Chara Unitas (Antwerp, 1685). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.