Jeroen Van Busleyden (Arlon, ca. 1470 - Bordeaux

Bordeaux

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, 27 August 1517) was a patron of learning and humanist

Renaissance humanism

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 from the Southern Netherlands

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, the Belgian

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 part of the Burgundian Netherlands

Burgundian Netherlands

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, c.q. Leo Belgicus

Leo Belgicus

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.

Life

Busleyden studied in Italy

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. He was a member of the Great Council of Mechelen

Great Council of Mechelen

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, a friend of Erasmus and a sponsor of the Collegium Trilingue

Collegium Trilingue

The Collegium Trilingue, often also called Collegium trium linguarum, or, after its creator Collegium Buslidianum , was founded in 1517 under the patronage of the Luxembourgian humanist, Jérôme de Busleyden .The College, in fact inspired by Erasmus who was a friend of...

 at the University of Louvain. He was also a friend of Thomas More

Thomas More

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. His brother, Frans Van Busleyden, filled several church and political functions in the Burgundian Netherlands.

He resided in Mechelen

Mechelen

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, at the Hof van Busleyden, in an early renaissance style, where he led a life of patron and humanist. The Hof van Busleyden is now a museum.