Ferry de Locre ( Latinized Ferreolus Locrius) (1571–1614) was a historical and devotional writer from the

County of Artois The County of Artois (, ) was a historic province of the Kingdom of France, held by the Dukes of Burgundy from 1384 until 1477/82, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 until 1659. Present Artois lies in northern France, on the border ...

(then part of the

Habsburg Netherlands Habsburg Netherlands was the Renaissance period fiefs in the Low Countries held by the Holy Roman Empire's House of Habsburg. The rule began in 1482, when the last Valois-Burgundy ruler of the Netherlands, Mary, wife of Maximilian I of Austr ...

, now in France).

Life

Locre was born at

Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (, literally ''Saint-Pol on Ternoise''; vls, Sint-Pols-aan-de-Ternas) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is the seat of the canton of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise. The population of the town i ...

, in the

, in 1571 and studied at

Douai University The University of Douai (french: Université de Douai) ( nl, Universiteit van Dowaai) is a former university in Douai, France. With a medieval heritage of scholarly activities in Douai, the university was established in 1559 and lectures start ...

under

Joannes Miraeus Joannes Miraeus, Latinized from Jean Le Mire (1560–1611) was the fourth bishop of Antwerp. Life Le Mire was born in Brussels on 6 January 1560. He was educated in the city, and began studies at Louvain University, but due to the unsettled c ...

. He became a member of the clergy and was appointed to the church of St Nicholas in

Arras Arras ( , ; pcd, Aro; historical nl, Atrecht ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the ...

. He wrote a number of works, primarily historical, focusing mainly on the County of Artois. He died at Arras on 22 August 1614.

Emile Van Arenbergh Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detective ...

, "Locre, Ferry de", ''

Biographie Nationale de Belgique The ''Biographie nationale de Belgique'' (French; "National Biography of Belgium") is a biographical dictionary of Belgium. It was published by the Royal Academy of Belgium in 44 volumes between 1866 and 1986. A continuation series, entitled the '' ...

''
vol. 12
(Brussels, 1893), 307-308.

Publications

*''Oratio funebris in exequiis Rev. D. Matthæi Moullartii, Atrebatum Episcopi'' (Arras,

Guillaume de La Rivière Guillaume may refer to: People * Guillaume (given name), the French equivalent of William * Guillaume (surname) Other uses * Guillaume (crater) See also * '' Chanson de Guillaume'', an 11th or 12th century poem * Guillaume affair, a Cold War ...

, 1600) *''Prélature des Vierges sacrées, avec les Canons et les SS. Pères de l Eglise, où sont rapportez les rares faicts et exemples de plusieurs sainctes Abbesses, et signamment de celles qui ont régenté la Belgique'' (Arras, Guillaume de La Rivière, 1602) *''Discours de la noblesse, auquel, par une conférence des familles de Castille, de France et de l'Autriche avec l'Eglise catholique, est descouverte l'infamie de l'Hérétique'' (Arras, Guillaume de La Rivière, 1605) *''Chronica anacephalaeosis Mariae Augustae Virginis'' (Arras, Guillaume de La Rivière, 1606
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*''Maria Augusta Deiparata in seplem libros distributa'' (Arras, R. Maudhuy, 1608
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*''Histoire chronographique des comté, pays et ville de Saint-Pol en Ternois'' (Douai,

Laurence Kellam Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from La ...

, 1613) *''Chronicon Belgicum, ab anno CCLVIII ad annum usque MDC continuo perductum'' (Arras, Guillaume de La Rivière, 1616
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References

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