François, France or Franciscus Piroulle (died 1663) was a theologian in the Habsburg Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.

Life

Piroulle was born in Limbourg ( Duchy of Limburg) and studied at

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, where he graduated with a licentiate in philosophy in 1607 and later as Licentiate in Sacred Theology.

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, "Piroulle, François", '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique''
vol. 17
(Brussels, 1903), 658-660. From 1613 to 1621 he taught at Lily College, Leuven. In 1621 he moved to

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, where he had been appointed to a canonry of

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on 4 May 1620. On 11 January 1634 he delivered the funerary oration for the

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in the cathedral.''Oratio funebris in obitum augustae et felicis memoriae Isabellae Clarae Eugeniae Hispaniarum infantis'' (Bruges, Nicolaes Breyghel, 1634)
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In 1637 he was appointed canon and cantor of St Paul's minster in

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. Around 1645 he was appointed professor and president of the

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, resigning the presidency in 1651. He died in Liège in 1663, and was succeeded as cantor by Jacques Hodeige on 13 August of that year.

References

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