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Minor Seminary, Roeselare
The Minor Seminary, Roeselare (Dutch: ''Klein Seminarie Reoselare''; est. 1806) is a diocesan secondary school in Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium. Initially primarily a preparatory institution for the Major Seminary, Bruges, it is now a substantial secondary school for the local community. History The diocesan Minor Seminary opened on 27 May 1806 in buildings that between 1641 and 1797 had housed an Augustinian Latin school. The property had been established as a hospital in 1245 by Margaret of Constantinople, and transferred to the Augustinians in 1634-1635. The buildings were considerably modified over the course of subsequent centuries. The school was closed by government decree between 1812 and 1814 (under Napoleon) and again from 1825 to 1830 (under William I of the Netherlands). From 1838 to 1846 one wing was a normal school, that then moved to Torhout (now part of Hogeschool VIVES). It was replaced by the Institut Saint-Michel, a primary school and trade school, which fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roeselare
Roeselare (; french: Roulers, ; West Flemish: ''Roeseloare'') is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke. The name of the city is derived from two Germanic words meaning "reed" and "open space", ''i.e.'', a marsh in a forest glade. Roeselare's minor seminary is famous for having hosted the famous Flemish poets Guido Gezelle, Albrecht Rodenbach and missionary Jesuit Constant Lievens. The city is also home to the Rodenbach brewery. History Origins and Middle Ages Traces of early dwellings have been found in the area, including prehistoric flint tools, Gallo-Roman wells, and a small 9th century Frankish building. The first mention of ''Roslar'' dates from a document dated 821 or 822, whereby the former domain of the Menapii, also called the ''Rollare'' villa in later documents, was given to Elnon Abbey. According to legend, Baldwin Iron Arm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albrecht Rodenbach
Albertus "Albrecht" Petrus Josephus Mansuetus Ferdinandus Rodenbach (; 27 October 1856 – 23 June 1880) was a Flemish poet, and a leader in the revival of Flemish literature that occurred in the late 19th century. He is more noteworthy as a symbol of the Flemish movement, than for his actual activities, since he died at the age of 23. Hugo Verriest called Rodenbach ''the poet, the soul, the heart, the mind, the word of Reborn Flanders!''Antcliffe, Herbert (October 1946) "Music and the Flemish Movement" ''The Musical Times'' 87(1244): pp. 299-301, p. 300. Early life Rodenbach was born in Roeselare into a bourgeois family, the eldest of 10 children and cousin to the novelist Georges Rodenbach. Albrecht Rodenbach's father was Julius Rodenbach (1824–1915) from the Rhineland, brother to Felix Rodenbach, the Flemish political propagandist. Albrecht Rodenbach's mother was Silvia de la Houttre (1834–1899). Although his mother was a Walloon from Tournai, she had adopted the Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavus Waffelaert
Gustave Joseph Waffelaert (1847–1931) was the 22nd bishop of Bruges in Belgium. Life Waffelaert was born in Rollegem on 27 August 1847. After attending St Vincent's college, Ypres, and the Minor Seminary, Roeselare (1865–1867) he entered the Major Seminary, Bruges. He was ordained to the priesthood in Bruges on 17 December 1870, and from 1871 to 1875 served as an assistant priest in the parish of Blankenberge. He was sent to the Catholic University of Leuven for further studies, graduating Doctor of Theology in 1889 with a thesis on doubtful cases in moral theology, ''De Dubio solvendo in re morali''. Aloïs Simon, "Waffelaert (Gustave-Joseph)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 31(Brussels, 1961), 719-723. He was then appointed to teach moral theology at the major seminary in Bruges. In 1890 he served as vicar general and in 1894 was appointed archpriest of the cathedral chapter of St. Salvator's. He was consecrated as bishop of Bruges on 25 July 1895. During his ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Roelens
Victor Roelens (° Ardooie, 21 July 1858 - † Boudewijnstad, 5 August 1947) was a Belgian priest who became Vicar Apostolic of Upper Congo in 1895, and remained the premier bishop in the Congo Free State, then the Belgian Congo, until he retired in 1941. Youth Roelens was born on 21 July 1858 in Ardooie as Victor Theodoor Roelens, the third son of Cesar Roelens and his mother, Rosalia Vervisch. He had two older brothers Emiel and Adolf, and two younger sisters Lucia and Marie-Emily. His father was a gardener at the nearby Chateau des Comtes de Jonghe d'Ardoye. Being rather poor, the family received financial support from the castle lords and could send the three sons to college. Like his brothers before him, Victor boarded at Sint-Jozef College, Tielt, from the age of 13. Though all classes were in French, he quickly learned the language and came out at the top of his class in his first year. During a winter, whilst playing on a pond in Pittem, he slipped and broke his nose, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constant Lievens
Constant Lievens (11 April 1856 – 7 November 1893) was a Belgian (Flemish) Jesuit priest, missionary among the tribal peoples of Central India, particularly the Mundaris, Oraons. He is regarded as the apostle of the Chotanagpur (Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh states in central India). Biography Early years and formation Born in Moorslede, Belgium to a large rural Flemish family (six sisters and four brothers), Constant Lievens did his high school studies and philosophy in the Minor Seminary, Roeselare (1870-1877) before starting a first year of theological training at the seminary of Bruges. A strong desire to become an overseas missionary led him to ask for admission in the Society of Jesus (1878). As soon as the two-years novitiate spiritual training was completed, he was sent to India to complete his theological training in Asansol (West Bengal). Lievens was ordained priest in Calcutta on 14 January 1883. Missionary work Central India (the Chota Nagpur Plateau) was then op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Jungmann
Bernard Jungmann was a German Catholic dogmatic theologian and ecclesiastical historian. Biography He was born at Münster in Westphalia on 1 March 1833; died at Leuven (Louvain), 12 January 1895. He belonged to an intensely Catholic family of Westphalia; like him, two of his brothers entered the Catholic clergy, one joining the Society of Jesus and the other becoming a missionary in the United States. After finishing his studies with brilliant success at the public schools of his native town, he entered the German College at Rome through the mediation of the bishop's secretary, afterwards Cardinal Melchers, and made his philosophical and theological studies in the Gregorian College. In 1854 he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy; he was ordained priest in Rome on 8 June 1857, and two years later received the degree of Doctor of Theology. He then returned to Germany, and worked for a short time as chaplain in the church of St. Adelgunde at Emmerich. Malou, bishop o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Joseph Faict
Jean-Joseph Faict (22 May 1813 – 4 January 1894) was the 20th Bishop of Bruges. Life Early years Faict was born in the coastal village of Leffinge at the time when the whole of West Flanders was part of the French empire. His father was a brewer (). He studied at the Minor Seminary, Roeselare (philosophy) and then at the Major Seminary, Bruges (theology), before progressing to the Catholic University of Leuven. He was ordained to the priesthood on 8 June 1838. In 1839 he took the position of professor of church history, moral theology and physics at the Major Seminary in Bruges, before taking over as head of the minor seminary in Roeselare in 1849. The bishop In February 1864 he was appointed Coadjutor bishop under Jean-Baptiste Malou who died the next month. Faict was consecrated Bishop of Bruges on 18 October 1864. He took as his motto, "In fide et caritate" (''"In faith and charity"''). In 1869–70 he participated in the First Vatican Council before it was cut s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pol Demade
Pol Demade (1863–1936) was a Belgian writer who also published under the pen name Jean Suis. Life Paul François Charles Demade was born to a French family living in Comines, Belgium, on 13 August 1863.Françoise Châtelain, "Demade, Paul François Charles, dit Pol", ''Nouvelle Biographie Nationale''vol. 2(Brussels, 1990), 119-121. He was educated at the Minor Seminary, Roeselare, where he became friends with Albrecht Rodenbach, and at the diocesan college in Kortrijk, before studying medicine at the Catholic University of Leuven. His interest in literature was sparked by reading Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, and he began contributing to the society pages of ''Le Patriote'' under the pen name Jean Suis. His first novel, ''Religieuse, soeur Magdala'' (1891), was self published.Jean-Baptiste BaronianPol Demade, un petit maître belge du fantastique communication to the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique, 13 September 2003. He obtained a two-year s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bouquillon
Thomas-Joseph Bouquillon (; 16 May 1840 – 5 November 1902) was a Belgian Catholic theologian, priest and professor. Bouquillon was the first professor of moral theology at the Catholic University of America and introduced social sciences into its curriculum. Regarded as a prominent Catholic theologian of his time, his contributions focus on theology, the history of theology, ecclesiastical history, canon law and bibliography. He supported the educational views of Edward McGlynn and Archbishop John Ireland Bouquillon was active and influential in the organization of the Catholic universities of Lille and Washington, D.C. Life Thomas-Joseph Bouquillon was born on 16 May 1840 in Warneton, Belgium. He was the second son of five children in a family of small landholders long established at Warneton. He received his early education at local schools and at the College of St Louis at Menin. He studied philosophy at the Minor Seminary, Roeselare and theology at the seminary of Bruges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flemish Movement
The Flemish Movement ( nl, Vlaamse Beweging) is an umbrella term which encompasses various political groups in the Belgian region of Flanders and, less commonly, in French Flanders. Ideologically, it encompasses groups which have sought to promote Flemish culture and Dutch language as well as those who have sought greater political autonomy for Flanders within Belgium. It also encompasses nationalists who have sought the secession of Flanders from Belgium, either through outright independence or unification with the Netherlands. In the 19th century, the Flemish Movement emerged around a form of cultural patriotism which celebrated Flemish traditions and history and sought equal status for Dutch in the Belgian nation-state, often under the auspices of the Catholic Church. Although gaining many of its initial objectives, it became increasingly radical in the aftermath of World War I. Inspired by authoritarian and fascist politics, it was widely discredited for its association wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Gezelle
Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle (1 May 1830 – 27 November 1899) was an influential writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium. He is famous for the use of the West Flemish dialect. Life Gezelle was born in Bruges in the province of West Flanders to Monica Devrieze and Pieter Jan Gezelle, a gardener. The Flemish writer Stijn Streuvels (Frank Lateur) was a nephew of his. Gezelle was ordained a priest in 1854, and worked as a teacher at the Minor Seminary, Roeselare. He was always interested in all things English and became the chaplain to the . He died there in a small room, where it is still forbidden to enter. There is a museum of his works close by and also a small bar named after him. He tried to develop an independent Flemish language, more or less separate from the general Dutch language, which had certain more "Hollandic" aspects. The Dutch he used in his poems was heavily influenced by the local West Flemish dialect. His works are often insp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Flanders
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