a French name, as in Aimery de Gramont, an oncologist, "Nicolau" is the Catalan spelling for "Nicholas". Jose Meir Estrugo, in his book about 'Sephardim', points about a converse, Vidal Abnarrabí (Ibn-Arabí), who pick-up the surname Aymerich in Girona, 1492, this surname is found in the Hebrew communities of Salonica and Smirna. The Spanish spelling, "Nicolas" is also occasionally used. The title page of the 1578 impression of the Directorium Inquisitorum, which is printed in Latin gives his name as "Nicolai Eymerici", -ich being a derivative of Roman genitive -ici, also used as diminutive, to point a child's parenthood. The most common ways his name is spelled in English writing on the subject is "Nicholas Eymerich", with the spelling "Eymeric" being a close second. Occasionally, the Spanish form of Nicolas is used in English writings as well. Other, less common, variant spellings of his last name include, Emeric, Eimeric, Aimery, and Eymericus. The surname of blessed nun Anne Catherine Emmerich -Emmerick- comes from a town to which her family was bond, is not a Patronimic Literary character Valerio Evangelisti, an Italian novelist, has written a cycle of ten science fiction books featuring Eymerich as the main character. There is also a French comic book series on Eymeric, which is an adaptation of Evangelisti's novels. Eymerich is also one of the main antagonists in the novel Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones. Notes References Richard Gottheil & Meyer Kayserling, Astruc Dapiera at Jewish Encyclopedia Retrieved 8 April 2005 Nicholas Eymeric at Encyclopædia Britannica Retrieved 8 April 2005 Inquisition Retrieved 8 April 2005 Valerio Evangelisti, Eymerich Storico (Historical Eymerich) Retrieved 7 March 2011 Heinrich Finke: Nicolau Eimeric publicist in the beginning of western schism, in: Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Kulturgeschichte Spaniens, Vol 1, Münster, Germany, 1928, article: Drei Spanische Publizisten aus den Anfängen des grossen Schismas Andrés Ivars: Los jurados de Valencia y el inquisidor Fr. Nicolás Eymerich, Madrid, Spain, 1916. Faustino D. Gazulla, mercedarian: Historia de la falsa bula a nombre del obispo de Roma Gregorio XI inventada por el dominico fray Nicolás Eymerich, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 1909 E Grahit i Papell: El inquisidor fray Nicolás Eymerich, Girona, Catalunya, 1874. Includes a list of Aymerich' writings. External links Text of the Directorium Inquisitorum (1578) in Latin 1316 births 1399 deaths Inquisitors People from Girona Spanish Dominicans Supporters of witch hunting Witch trials in Spain