Ambrosius Capello
Ambrosius Capello O.P. | |
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Antwerp Cathedral | |
| Profession | 21 November 1613 |
| Education | Theology |
| Alma mater | University of Douai University of Salamanca University of Leuven |
Ambrosius Capello (1597–1676) was the seventh
Life
Capello was born in Antwerp on 22 June 1597, the son of an Italian military contractor, Jean-François Capello, and a Netherlandish lady, Marie de Boxhorn. He entered the Dominican Order in 1612 and studied Theology in the universities of Douai, Salamanca and Leuven. He obtained the degree of Doctor of Theology in Leuven in 1627.
He held a number of positions of responsibility in his order –
Wilhelmus Foppens's Dutch translation of the Roman Catechism (printed by François Foppens for Joachim van Metelen, Antwerp, 1668; reprinted 1687, 1701) was dedicated to him.[2]
Capello died in Antwerp on 4 October 1676, leaving all his worldly goods to the poor.[3] His ornate Baroque tomb in Antwerp Cathedral, designed by Artus Quellinus II, was the only one to survive the French Revolution.
References
- ^ Lucien Ceyssens, "Capello (Marius - Ambroise)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 37, (Brussels, 1971), 123-129.
- ^ The 1687 reprint is available on Google Books
- ^ Leo Braeken, De dekenij Herentals, 1603–1669 (Leuven, 1982), p. 71.
External links
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