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1591–1635 · Jesuit, author of Cautio Criminalis

Also known as: Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld, Friedrich von Spee, Фридрих Шпее, فريدريش سبي, フリードリヒ・シュペー, Шпее, Фридрих

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