Philippe Alegambe
Roman Catholic Jesuit
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- Doctorate Theology University of Douai
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Philippe Alegambe was a Belgian Jesuit priest and bibliographer. Biography After completing High School studies in Brussels, Alegambe went to Spain, in the service of the Duke of Osuna. When the latter was sent as Viceroy to Sicily Alegambe accompanied him as private secretary. There he entered the Society of Jesus at Palermo, on 7 September 1613. He further studied at the Roman College in Rome. After ordination to the priesthood Alegambe was sent to teach Philosophy and Theology at Graz, Austria, and for three years traveled through Europe , as preceptor of the Prince of Eggenberg's son. Back to Graz he taught Moral Theology to Jesuit students . In 1638 he was again on the road: he accompanies the young prince to Rome, as part of an embassy sent by the Emperor to pope Urban VIII. At the end of the mission Alegambe is retained in Rome by Mutius Vitelleschi, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, to become his Latin secretary. Alegambe was also superior of the Roman professed house of the Jesuits.
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