Antoine de Bourgogne (died 1657), Latinized Antonius a Burgundia, was a

prelate A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'pref ...

and author of emblem books in the 17th-century

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Life

He was born in

Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...

to an illegitimate line of descent from the medieval dukes of Burgundy, and studied at the Jesuit college in his native city. Ferdinand Vande Putte, "Bourgogne (Antoine de)", '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique''
vol. 2
(Brussels, 1868), 842-843. He obtained degrees in Theology and Law, and was appointed to a canonry of

St. Donatian's Cathedral St. Donatian's Cathedral ( nl, Sint-Donaaskathedraal) was a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bruges, Belgium. Located on the Burg, one of the main squares in the city,Dunford and Lee, p.174.McDonald, p.14.McDonald, p.25. it was the largest church in Bru ...

reserved to noble graduates. He became

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and in 1636 dean of the

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. He died in Bruges on 29 May 1657 and was buried in the

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of the cathedral.

Works

* ''Linguae vitia et remedia'' (Antwerp,

Joannes Cnobbaert Jan or Joannes Cnobbaert (1590–1637) was a Flemish printer, publisher and bookseller who was active in Antwerp in the early 17th century. Life Cnobbaert was born in Antwerp in 1590. He married Maria de Man.Brepols in 1999. * ''Mundi lapis lydius'' (Antwerp, Widow of Joannes Cnobbaert, 1639) ** Published in Dutch as ''Des Wereldts proef-steen'' (1643)Des Wereldts proef-steen
at Google Books.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bourgogne, Antoine de 16th-century births 1657 deaths Clergy from Bruges Writers from Bruges Clergy from the Spanish Netherlands