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<p> a Belgian antiquarian and theologian, was born at [[Antwerp]] in 1649. In his youth he became much interested in ecclesiastical history, and traveled in [[France]] and [[Italy]] for the purpose of meeting with the learned men of his day. His first work — on the pontifical prerogative — gained for him a canonry and the position of chorister in the cathedral at Antwerp. [[Innocent]] XI called him to Rome, and made him librarian of the [[Vatican]] and canon of St. John Lateran. He died in Rome April 6, 1692. Scheelstrate was a great scholar and a most prolific writer, in most of his works maintaining the great dignity of the pope and endeavoring to extend his jurisdiction. Of his works we mention, Antiquitas Illustrata circa [[Concilia]] Generalica, etc. (Antwerp, 1678, 4to) — [[Ecclesia]] [[Africana]] sub [[Primate]] Carthanginiensi (ibid. 1679, 4to), in which he endeavored to prove that this [[Church]] recognized the pope as patriarch: — Acta Constantiensis Concilii (ibid. 1683): — De Auctoritate Patriarchali et Metropolitica (ibid. 1687, 4to). See Dupin, Auteurs Ecclesiast.; Niceron, Memoirs. </p>

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