Belgian theologian. Born on September 12, 1690 at Boom, Belgium; died on February 15, 1775. Spent over 50 years as student, teacher and president of the archiepiscopal college of Mechelen. Author of Theologia Moralis et Dogmatica, a powerful vindication in catechetical form of the tenets of the Catholic Church; it was used as a text-book in Catholic colleges.
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