Antoine Havet

Antoine Havet, Latinized Havetius (died 1578), was the first bishop of Namur in the Habsburg Netherlands.

Life Havet was born early in the 16th century, the son of a miller. Showing aptitude for scholarship, he received a better education than his siblings, and was sent to school in Arras, where he joined the Dominican Order. He studied philosophy and theology at the College of Sorbonne, graduating doctor on 28 January 1549. He gained a reputation as a preacher in both Paris and the Low Countries. In 1553, he was sent to Rome as definitor of his province at the general chapter. and was on the committee that investigated Giovanni Grimani, patriarch of Aquileia, on suspicions of Lutheranism.