Arthur Carolus De Schrevel (1850–1934) was a Belgian priest and historian, specialising in the 16th and 17th centuries, and in particular Catholic

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during the

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. He was also a prolific contributor to the ''

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''.

Life

De Schrevel was born in

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on 5 January 1850, the son of Dr Ivon De Schrevel and Melanie Liebaert. He studied Theology at the

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and was ordained priest in

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on 7 June 1873. On 10 September 1877 he was appointed professor at Bruges seminary, becoming director on 18 August 1880. From 26 July 1889 he was an

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of Bruges cathedral. In 1894 he became secretary to Bishop Waffelaert and a titular canon of the cathedral. In 1905 he was appointed

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of the cathedral, and in 1911

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of the diocese. He retired in March 1931, and died in Bruges on 18 April 1934. His funeral service took place in the cathedral on 23 April 1934.

Publications

* ''Histoire du séminaire de Bruges'' (2 vols., 1883) * ''Documents relatifs à l'histoire du Séminaire de Bruges'' (1883) * ''Le collège de Ruard Tapper à Louvain'' (1887) * ''Florilegium seu fasciculus precum et exercitiorum'' (1892) * ''Gaspar de la Torre, XXXIIIme prévot de Notre-Dame à Bruges: son testament'' (1892) * ''Troubles religieux du XVIme siècle au quartier du Bruges, 1566-1568'' (1894) * '' Remi Drieux, évêque de Bruges et les troubles des Pays-Bas'' (2 vols., 1901-1903) * ''Statuts de la gilde des libraires, imprimeurs, maîtres et maîtresses d'école, à Bruges, 19 janvier 1612'' (1903; 2nd ed. 1908) * ''Les gloires de la Flandre maritime et de la Flandre gallicante au XVIe siècle, lecture de A. C. De Schrevel à l'occasion du cinquantenaire du Comité flamand de France'' (1904) * ''Histoire du précédée d'une introduction ou coup d'oeil sur l'état de l'enseignement moyen dans la région correspondant à la Flandre occidentale actuelle'' (1906) * ''Comment disparut le trésor de la Cathédrale de St-Donatien à Bruges en 1578-1579'' (1909) * ''Etablissement et débuts des Carmes déchaussés à Bruges'' (1910) * ''Le protestantisme à Ypres et dans les environs de 1578 à 1584 d'après des comptes contemporains'' (1913) * ''Le traité d'alliance conclu en 1339 entre la Flandre et le Brabant renouvelé en 1578'' (1914) * ''Recueil de documents relatifs aux troubles religieux en Flandre, 1577-1584'' (2 vols., 1921-1924) * '' Marguerite d'Autriche et le couvent des Annonciades à Bruges'' (1924) * ''Notes et documents pour servir à la biographie de Remi Drieux, IIe évèque de Bruges: relation sur l'état de son diocèse en 1589'' (1931)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schrevel, Arthur De 1850 births 1934 deaths Writers from Bruges Belgian historians of religion Clergy from Bruges