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Pieter Damant

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Portrait from Ghent Cathedral

Pieter Damant (1530–1609) was the third bishop of Ghent.

Life

Damant was born in Mechelen in 1530. His father was a councillor and courtier to Charles V. He was elected dean of St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent in 1585, and in 1589 was nominated bishop.[1] He attended the provincial council for the archdiocese of Mechelen in 1607, and was making plans for his own diocesan synod when he died in Ghent in 1609.[1] His monumental tomb survives in the cathedral.

Damant monument

References

  1. ^ a b J. J. De Smet, "Damant (Pierre)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 4 (Brussels, 1873), 649-650.