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5 - Franciscus Zypaeus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2021

By
Wouter Druwé
Edited by
Wim Decock  and
Janwillem Oosterhuis
Wim Decock
Affiliation:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Janwillem Oosterhuis
Affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
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François vanden Zype (or in Latin: Franciscus Zypaeus) was born in Mechelen in 1580. A son of Henri vanden Zype and Claire du Carne, he grew up in a devout Catholic aristocratic family. His father was lord of Kauwendael (near Mechelen) and Audermeulen (near Berlaar). In the roaring times of the 1580s, when Catholic liturgical celebrations were prohibited in Mechelen, Henri and Claire had been forced to travel to Antwerp to get François baptized in the Catholic Church. François’s parents succeeded in transferring their faith to their offspring. Out of eight children, no less than four chose an ecclesiastical career. Franciscus’s brothers Henri and Philippe entered the Benedictine order. The latter was a religious in the abbey of Saint John in Ypres; the former even became abbot of the Saint Andrew monastery in Bruges and was known for his theological books. Franciscus himself and his brother Rombaut opted for the secular clergy, and both were promoted to the canonicate. Another brother, Pierre, became bailiff of the margraveship of Lede.

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Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries , pp. 80 - 96
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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