Jacques Malbrancq or Malbrancque, also known as ''Jacobus Malbrancq'' or ''Jacobi Malbrancq'' (born circa 1579 in
Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audoma ...
- died in 1653 in
Tournai, in what is now Belgium), Father, ''Audomarensis, e Societate Jesu'', was a
Jesuit priest in the
Southern Netherlands
The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the A ...
, professor and preacher at Saint-Omer Jesuit college.
[Bibliothèque des écrivains de la Compagnie de Jésus, par Augustin et Alois de Backer, Liège, 1853]
(French) He is known for his extensive work on the
Morini
The Morini (Gaulish: "sea folk, sailors") were a Belgic coastal tribe dwelling in the modern Pas de Calais region, around present-day Boulogne-sur-Mer, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Name
They are mentioned as ''Morini'' by Caesar ( ...
, a gallic tribe.
Works on the Morini
His book, , written in Latin, was published in Tournai, and contains three tomes.
[
* Doornik, 1639, Adrianus Quinque
* Doornik, 1647, Adrianus Quinque
* Doornik, 1654, Weduwe Adrianus Quinque
]
References
External links
Fonds Patrimonial de l’Institut catholique de Lille
(French+Latin)
1579 births
1653 deaths
Jesuits of the Spanish Netherlands
Spanish Netherlands historians
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