Pieter Damant

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Portrait from Ghent Cathedral

Pieter Damant (1530–1609) was the third

bishop of Ghent
.

Life

Damant was born in

archdiocese of Mechelen in 1607, and was making plans for his own diocesan synod when he died in Ghent in 1609.[1]
His monumental tomb survives in the cathedral.

Damant monument

References

  1. ^ a b J. J. De Smet, "Damant (Pierre)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 4 (Brussels, 1873), 649-650.