Jeremias Drexel

Portrait of Jeremias Drexel, S.J.

Jeremias Drexel, S.J. (also known as Hieremias Drexelius or Drechsel) (15 August 1581–19 April 1638) was a Jesuit writer of devotional literature and a professor of the humanities and rhetoric. He served for 23 years as court preacher in Munich to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and his wife Elizabeth of Lorraine.