Lessius was a
university college
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in
Belgium
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named after the Jesuit economist
Leonardus Lessius
Leonardus Lessius ( nl, Lenaert Leys; 1 October 1554, in Brecht – 15 January 1623, in Leuven) was a Flemish moral theologian from the Jesuit order.
Life
At the age of thirteen the young Leonard won the Brecht scholarship to the University of ...
. It was founded in 2000 from the merger of two Catholic institutions of higher education in the city of
Antwerp, and was later joined by another constituent college in
Mechelen, which became the
Lessius Mechelen campus. This gave Lessius several campuses in Antwerp and Mechelen. In 2012, Lessius merged with
Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen to form
Thomas More University college
Thomas may refer to:
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* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
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. This institute of higher education is a member of the
K.U.Leuven Association.
External links
Official Website
Universities in Belgium
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