Vrancx was a renowned preacher and a prolific author of devotional and satirical verse and prose, with over 30 titles to his name.Vrancx, Dr. Cornelius Columbanus, in K. ter Laan, Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid (The Hague, 1952), p. 585. Most of these were printed by Gauthier Manilius. His most popular work, Den Troost der Sielen, includes five folk tales about spirits returned from purgatory.Frans Wetzels, De vagevuur-sprookjes van C.C. Vrancx en Jacob Campo Weyerman, Mededelingen van de Stichting Jacob Campo Weyerman 17 (1994), pp. 71-76.
