Father Karel Verleye,
OFMCap, (17 April 1920 – 27 February 2002) co-founded the
College of Europe
The College of Europe (; ; ) is a post-graduate institute of European studies with three campuses in Bruges, Belgium; Warsaw, Poland; and Tirana, Albania.
The College of Europe in Bruges was founded in 1949 as a result of the 1948 Congress of ...
in
Bruges
Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country.
The area of the whole city amoun ...
in 1949 with his good friend
Hendrik Brugmans.
He was a
Capuchin friar for 64 years. In 1945 he became
philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
lector at the
Bruges
Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country.
The area of the whole city amoun ...
seminary
A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as cle ...
. He founded the
Ryckevelde Foundation in 1956.
External links
Stichting RyckeveldeCollege of EuropeCapuchins in Flanders, Belgium
1920 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Belgian philosophers
Academic staff of the College of Europe
Capuchins
People from Mechelen
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