Laevinus Torrentius

Laevinus Torrentius
Bishop of Antwerp

A portrait of Laevinus Torrentius engraved by Cornelis Galle the Elder after Gijsbert van Veen, with an epigraph by Joannes Bochius
Church Catholic
Diocese Antwerp
See Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)
Appointed 1576
Installed 1587
Term ended 1595
Predecessor Franciscus Sonnius
Successor Willem de Berghes
Personal details
Birth name Lieven van der Beke
Born (1525-03-08)March 8, 1525
Ghent
Died 26 April 1595(1595-04-26) (aged 70)
Brussels
Education Philosophy, Law
Alma mater University of Leuven, University of Bologna

Laevinus Torrentius, the Latinized name of Lieven van der Beke (1525–1595) was a Renaissance humanist and the second bishop of Antwerp. He studied philosophy and law at Leuven University and then at the University of Bologna. For five years he lived in Rome.

He was appointed bishop of Antwerp in 1576 but could not be installed in his see until 1587. He died in 1595, after being nominated to the see of Mechelen but before being appointed.[1]

References

  1. "Torrentius (Laevinius)", in A. J. van der Aa, Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, vol. 18 (Haarlem, 1874), 195-196.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Franciscus Sonnius
Bishop of Antwerp
15871595
Succeeded by
Willem de Berghes
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