Philippus Rovenius
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Deventer
Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen Deventer is a municipality and city in...
, baptised 1 January 1573 - Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
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, 10 October 1651) was apostolic vicar of the Dutch Mission
Dutch Mission
The Dutch Mission was from 1592 until 1853 the name of the former Catholic Church province of Utrecht in the area of the current Netherlands....
from 1614 to 1651.
Life
Rovenius studied in LeuvenLeuven
Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...
, and was ordained priest in 1599. In 1602 he was made president of the Dutch priestly college in Cologne
Cologne
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and in 1605 vicar general
Vicar general
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of the diocese of Deventer. In 1614 he succeeded Sasbout Vosmeer
Sasbout Vosmeer
Sasbout Vosmeer was the first apostolic vicar to the Dutch Mission.-Life:Vosmeer's father and mother were both from regenten families in Delft. He studied in Leuven and ordained priest in 1572 by archbishop of Utrecht Frederik V Schenck van Toutenburg...
as vicar apostolic. On 8 November 1620, in Brussels
Brussels
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, he was consecrated titular archbishop of Philippi. He based himself in Oldenzaal, then Groenlo
Groenlo
Groenlo is a city in the municipality of Oost Gelre, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands on the German border, a region in the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek . Groenlo was a municipality until January 1, 2005, when it merged with Lichtenvoorde. Until May 19 2006 Groenlo...
(where he witnessed the Siege of Groenlo
Siege of Groenlo (1627)
The Siege of Grol in 1627 was a battle between the Army of the Dutch Republic commanded by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and the Spanish controlled fortified city of Grol , during the Eighty Years War in 1627. The Spanish army led by Hendrik van den Bergh came to relieve Grol, but it came too...
in 1627 first hand) and finally Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
. In 1640 he was banned in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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.
Rovenius succeeded in reorganising the Catholic Church in the Netherlands, trying to introduce the decisions of the Council of Trent
Council of Trent
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. Although he had become friends with Jansenius in Leuven, he remained faithful to Rome in all things.
Works
- Het gulden wierookvat (The Golden Censer, 1620), became popular in the 20th century
- Rituale Romanum contractum, a breviary containing the offices of saints in the archdiocese of Utrercht and the other dioceses of the Netherlands, used as an Officia sanctorum until 1853