Philippe de Caverel, Latinized as Philippus Caverellius (1555–1636), was an abbot of the Benedictine

Abbey of St Vaast The Abbey of St Vaast (french: Abbaye de Saint-Vaast) was a Benedictine monastery situated in Arras, ''département'' of Pas-de-Calais, France. History The abbey was founded in 667. Saint Vedast, or Vaast (c. 453–540) was the first Bishop ...

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, and a councillor of state to the Archdukes

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and

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. He was founder of Arras College in Paris, of the Jesuit College in Arras, of the College of St Vaast at the

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, and of the English Benedictine monastery in Douai, as well as of a convent in

La Bassée La Bassée () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population Heraldry Personalities La Bassée was the birthplace of the painter and draftsman Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845). Another native was Ignace François ...

. He was also a literary patron of the Baroque period. Caverel was one of the delegates of the

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to the Estates General of 1632, and one of the members of that body deputized to unsuccessful peace negotiations with the

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in The Hague. His account of a diplomatic mission to Spain and Portugal in 1582 led by his predecessor,

Jean Sarazin Jean Sarazin (also ''Sarrasin'' or ''Sarrazin''), Latinized Joannes Saracenus (1539–1598) was an abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Vaast, Arras, and the third archbishop of Cambrai. Life Sarazin was baptized in Arras on 20 July 1539. He wa ...

, survived in manuscript and was published in 1851 as ''Relation du voyage et de l'ambassade de Jean Sarrazin en Espagne et en Portugal'', edited by Louis de Baecker (Bruges, 1851).

Works dedicated to Caverel

Aubert Miraeus Aubert le Mire, Latinized Aubertus Miraeus (30 November 1573 – 19 October 1640) was an ecclesiastical historian in the Spanish Netherlands. Life Miraeus was born in Brussels. His father was Guillaume le Mire and his mother Joanna Speeckae ...

, ''Origines Benedictinae'' (Cologne, 1614). * Guillaume Gazet, ''Histoire ecclesiastique du Pays-bas'' (Valenciennes, 1614). * François-Hyacinthe Choquet, ''Sancti Belgi Ordinis praedicatorum'' (Douai, 1618). * John Pitts, ''Relationum historicarum de rebus anglicis Tomus Primus'' (Paris, 1619). *

, ''Originum monasticarum libri IV'' (Cologne, 1620).

Sources

*Hugues Du Tems, ''Le clergé de France'', vol. 4 (Paris, 1775), p. 151.

External links

The tomb of Philippe de Caverel
*Philippe de Caverel
Relation du voyage et de l'ambassade de Jean Sarazin en Espagne et en Portugal
(Arras, 1860). {{DEFAULTSORT:Caverel 1555 births 1636 deaths Belgian Benedictines Benedictine abbots Abbots of the Spanish Netherlands