Remi Drieux,
Latinized Remigius Driutius (1519–1594) was the first
bishop of Leeuwarden
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeuwarden was a short-lived (1559-1580) Roman Rite Dutch suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Utrecht (695–1580), Archbishopric of Utrecht.
History
The Diocese of Leeuwarden was ...
and the second
bishop of Bruges
The Diocese of Bruges (in Dutch Bisdom Brugge) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Belgium. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, which ...
.
Early life and legal career
In 1519 Drieux was born in
Volckerinckhove
Volckerinckhove (; nl, Volkerinkhove) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the arrondissement of Dunkirk and the canton of Wormhout.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a li ...
,
County of Flanders
The County of Flanders was a historic territory in the Low Countries.
From 862 onwards, the counts of Flanders were among the original twelve peers of the Kingdom of France. For centuries, their estates around the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Y ...
(now in
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former regions of France, administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of France, departments of ...
, France), the son of Remi Drieux and Catherine Fenaerts. He studied
civil law
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* Civil law (common law), the part of law that concerns private citizens and legal persons
* Civil law (legal system), or continental law, a legal system originating in continental Europe and based on Roman law
** Private la ...
and
canon law
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at
Leuven University
KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...
, graduating
doctor of both laws
A doctor of both laws, from the Latin ''doctor utriusque juris'', or ''juris utriusque doctor'', or ''doctor juris utriusque'' ("doctor of both laws") (abbreviations include: JUD, IUD, DUJ, JUDr., DUI, DJU, Dr.iur.utr., Dr.jur.utr., DIU, UJD a ...
and in 1544 becoming professor of civil law. In 1557 he was appointed to the
Great Council of Mechelen
From the 15th century onwards, the Great Council of the Netherlands at Mechelen (Dutch: ''De Grote Raad der Nederlanden te Mechelen''; French: ''le grand conseil des Pays-Bas à Malines''; German: ''der Grosse Rat der Niederlände zu Mecheln'') w ...
, the highest law court in the
Habsburg Netherlands
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.
Episcopal career
In 1560 Drieux was named first bishop of the newly founded diocese of
Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of ...
, his appointment confirmed in 1561. He never took possession of his see, and in 1569 was translated to Bruges. On 13 November 1569 he received episcopal consecration in
Mechelen
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from
Maximilien de Berghes,
archbishop of Cambrai
The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Helpe ...
, assisted by
Cornelius Jansen
Cornelius Jansen (, ; Latinized name Cornelius Jansenius; also Corneille Jansen; 28 October 1585 – 6 May 1638) was the Dutch Catholic bishop of Ypres in Flanders and the father of a theological movement known as Jansenism.
Biography
He wa ...
and
Franciscus Sonnius
Franciscus Sonnius (12 August 1506 – 30 June 1576) was a theologian during the time of the Catholic Reformation, the first bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch and later the first bishop of Antwerp. His family name was Van de Velde, but in later years ...
.
In the night of 28–29 October 1577, while in
Ghent
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for a meeting of the
States of Flanders, Drieux was placed under arrest together with several other leading opponents of the
Dutch Revolt, including the
, Martin Rythovius. In 1579 he attempted to escape from captivity but was recaptured. He was released on 14 August 1581, as part of a prisoner exchange, and spent time as a refugee in Tournai, Kortrijk, and Oudenaarde. In 1584 he was able to return to Bruges and resume his functions as bishop.
[A.J. van der Aa, ''Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden'', vol. 4 (Haarlem, 1858), 350-351.]
He died in Bruges on 12 May 1594.
References
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1519 births
1594 deaths
Academic staff of the Old University of Leuven
Bishops of Bruges
16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire