Leon De Meyere (died 28 December 1630) was a poet from
Antwerp
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Life and writing
His earliest known work, which identifies him as a licentiate of laws, was a poem in French celebrating the reception of
Archduke Ernest of Austria
Archduke Ernest of Austria (german: Ernst von Österreich; 15 June 1553 – 20 February 1595) was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain.
Biography
Born in Vienna, he was educated with his brothe ...
as governor general of the
Habsburg Netherlands in 1594, ''Prosopopée d'Anvers à la bienvenue du Sérénissime prince Ernest''. Four years later, at the reception of Albert and Isabella as rulers of the Habsburg Netherlands, he brought out ''Poëme. Advis pour la paix de Belgique'' (1598), a policy paper in verse. This was a controversial piece that elicited an unfavourable ''Responce au Poeme d'advis pour la paix Belgique'' (1598).
In 1599 De Meyere was appointed provost of the church of St Pharaildis in
Ghent
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. During his time in Ghent he became friendly with local poet
Maximiliaan de Vriendt and published two Latin orations on Marian themes, one for the
Feast of the Annunciation
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and one for the
Assumption
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. In 1615 he transferred to the
collegiate church in
Harelbeke
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, where he remained until his death.
Works
* ''Prosopopée d'Anvers à la bienvenue du Sérénissime prince Ernest par la grâce de Dieu archiduc d'Autriche, etc., lieutenant gouverneur et capitaine général des Pays-Bas'' (Antwerp,
Arnout Coninx
Arnout Coninx (1548–1617) was a printer and bookseller in the city of Antwerp from 1579 until his death in 1617. In 1586 he was fined for unlicensed printing, and in 1591 he was investigated for selling forbidden books. When the city of Antwerp ...
, 1594).
* ''Poëme. Advis pour la paix de Belgique'' (Antwerp, Arnout Coninx, 1598).
*
Panegyris Mariana, in festo Annunciationis' (Antwerp,
Plantin office, 1602).
*
Panegyricus Mariae virgini triumphanti, die assumptioni sacro' (Antwerp,
Hieronymus Verdussen Verdussen was a dynasty of printers in Antwerp, starting with Hieronymus Verdussen I in the late sixteenth century, and ending around 1800. Many other printers in Antwerp were also related to the Verdussens through marriage. They specialized in reli ...
, 1613).
References
* J. Roulez, "De Meyere (Leon)", ''
Biographie Nationale de Belgique''
vol. 5(Brussels, 1876), 561–563.
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Roman Catholic priests from the Habsburg Netherlands
Poets of the Habsburg Netherlands
17th-century poets
1630 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Poets from the Spanish Netherlands
17th-century male writers
Clergy from the Spanish Netherlands