Johannes Malderus (1563–1633) was the fifth
bishop of Antwerp
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and the founder of
Malderus College at the
University of Leuven.
[ Ch. Piot, "Malderus (Jean)", '']Biographie Nationale de Belgique
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vol. 13
(Brussels, 1895), 223-226.
Life
Malderus was born in
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw on 14 August 1563, the son of Roger van Malderen and Elizabeth Walravens. His education was overseen by his uncle, Johannes van Malderen, a confidant of
Cardinal Granvelle. Malderus studied philosophy at
Douai University
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and theology in Leuven. By 1586 he was teaching philosophy at
Pig College, Leuven and on 31 August 1594 he graduated doctor of theology. In 1596 he was appointed
regius professor of Scholastic Theology by
Philip II of Spain, and in 1598 president of the Pastoral Seminary in Leuven.
[
On 11 February 1611 he was named bishop of Antwerp. He was consecrated on 7 August 1611 by Mathias Hovius, ]Archbishop of Mechelen
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. As bishop he was concerned for the reform of morals in his diocese, as well as with combating Calvinism, especially in those parts of his diocese, such as the deaneries of Breda and Bergen op Zoom
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Etymology
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, occupied by Dutch forces.[
In 1618 he consecrated the new Augustinian church in Antwerp, and in 1621 the new Jesuit church. On 26 July 1633 he made out his last will and testament, the main bequest being the founding of Malderus College in Leuven, to provide housing and scholarship to students of theology. He died in Antwerp on 21 October 1633.][
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Publications
* ''Geestelyck onderwys, tot versterking van den crancken in 't geloove'' (Antwerp, 1613).
* ''De virtutibus theologicis, et justicia et religione: Commentario ad Secundam Secundae D. Thomae'' (Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1616)
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* ''Modus procedendi in curia ecclesiastica'' (Antwerp, 1619)
* ''Anti-synodica, sive Animadversiones in Decreta Conventus Dordraceni, quam vacant Synodum Nationalem, de quinque doctrinae capitibus, inter Remonstrantes et Contraremonstrantes controversis'' (Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1620)
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* ''In primam secundae D. Thomae commentaria: de fine et beatitudine hominis; de virtutibus, vitiis et peccatis; de legibus; de gracia; de justificatione; de meritis'' (Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1623)
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* ''Tractatus de restrictionum mentalium abusu'' (Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1625)
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* ''Tractatus de sigillo confessionis sacramentalis'' (Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1626)
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* ''In Canticum Canticorum Salomonis commentarius'' (Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1628)
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* ''Meditationes theologices, universes theologies summam complectentes, tribus partibus distinctæ, et in 21 dies distributae'' (Antwerp, 1630)
* ''In primam partem D. Thomae Commentarla, de Sancta Trinitate, creatione in genere, et Angelis'' (Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1634)
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References
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1563 births
1633 deaths
Old University of Leuven alumni
Old University of Leuven faculty
17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire
Bishops of Antwerp