Mathias Hovius (1542–1620), born Matthijs Van Hove, was the third Archbishop of Mechelen from 1596 to 1620. As Archbishop, Hovius presided over implementing...

held in the Treurenberch, the Council of Brabant's prison. Archbishop Mathias Hovius, who was appointed in February 1596, was committed to protecting Catholicism...

which occurred in the 17th century, when it was supported by Archbishop Mathias Hovius. His involvement included helping improve the Great Beguines at Mechelen...

began to study for the priesthood, and he was ordained in Mechelen by Mathias Hovius on 4 April 1620. He was appointed parish priest of Geetbets, which he...

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1561–1582) Joannes Hauchin (1583–1589) Mathias Hovius (1596–1620) Jacobus Boonen (1621–1655) Andreas Creusen (1657–1666) Joannes...

Things – Books in Review: Harline, Craig; Put, Eddy. A Bishop's Tale: Mathias Hovius Among His Flock in Seventeenth-Century Flanders. Yale University Press...

abbess of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Assumption [nl] by Archbishop Mathias Hovius. 1604 – 16 July: St John Berchmans College is established. 1607 – The...

his successor. He was consecrated bishop in Leuven on 28 July 1596 by Mathias Hovius, archbishop of Mechelen, and was installed in Bruges on 15 August 1596...

16 – William Adams, English navigator and samurai (b. 1564) May 30 – Mathias Hovius, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1542) June 17 – Mikołaj Zebrzydowski...

the see of Antwerp, and on 30 May 1604 he was consecrated bishop by Mathias Hovius. As bishop he founded a diocesan seminary in Antwerp, and in 1610 called...