a Roman Catholic theologian, was born in 1497 at Hasselt, Belgium, and studied at Liege. Having completed his studies, he joined the Capuchins, went to Rome in 1537, and died the same year. He wrote, Commentaria in Omnes Psalmos: — Paraphrastica Elucidatio in Librum Job: — Commentaria in Ecclesiasten Salomonis: — Commentaria in Cantica Canticorum: — Collatio pro Editione Vulgata Sacrae Scripturae: — Elucidatio in Omnes Epistolas Pauli, etc. See Miraeus, Elogia Illustrium Belgii Scriptorum; Andreas, Bibliotheca Belgica; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)