Maximilien Villain
Maximilien Villain de Gand | |
|---|---|
| Church | Catholic |
| Diocese | Tournai |
| See | Notre-Dame de Tournai |
| Installed | 28 February 1616 |
| Term ended | 29 November 1644 |
| Predecessor | Michel d'Esne |
| Successor | François Villain |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 December 1587 |
| Consecration | 14 March 1616 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1569 |
| Died | 1644 Tournai, Tournaisis, Habsburg Netherlands |
| Buried | Tournai Cathedral |
Maximilien Villain de Gand (1569–1644) was a bishop of Tournai in the Habsburg Netherlands.
Life[edit]
Villain was the son of Adam Villain de Gand, governor of Lille, Douai and Orchies, and Philippine de Jausse de Mastaing.[1] He was ordained to the priesthood on 12 December 1587 and was appointed to a canonry in the cathedral chapter of Tournai. On 18 December 1614 his name was put forward to succeed Michel d'Esne as bishop. The nomination received papal confirmation on 1 December 1615 and Villain took possession of his see on 28 February 1616. He was consecrated as bishop in Tournai cathedral on 14 March.[1]
In 1621 Villain preached a sermon in memory of the deceased Archduke Albert.[1] On 12 September 1636 he gave a silver reliquary containing relics of St Maximilian to his cathedral church.[2] He had earlier commissioned two paintings for the cathedral from Peter Paul Rubens, The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus and The Deliverance of Souls from Purgatory.[3] He died in Tournai on 29 November 1644 and was buried in his cathedral.[1]
Publications[edit]
- Manuale pastorum ad usum ecclesiarum civitatis et dioecesis Tornacensis (Tournai, Quinqué, 1625)
- Methodus sacrum Missae sacrificium celebrandi romano ritu (Tournai, Quinqué, 1627)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Alfred Deboutte, "Villain de Gand (Maximilien)", Dictionnaire de Spiritualité, vol. 16, col. 769.
- ^ Armand d'Herbomez, "Le fonds de l'Évêché de Tournai aux Archives du Royaume à Bruxelles", Bulletins de la Société Historique et Littéraire de Tournai, vol. 23 (1890), p. 309.
- ^ Jean Dumoulin, Serge Le Bailly de Tilleghem, Jacques Pycke, D. Verloo and Albert Milet, Les tableaux de Pierre Paul Rubens à la cathédrale de Tournai (1993).