Mathias Lambrecht

Mathias Lambrecht (1539–1602) was the third bishop of Bruges.

Life Lambrecht was born at Sint-Laureins in the Brugse Vrije around 1539. On 7 January 1569 he graduated Licentiate of Sacred Theology at Leuven University. Thereafter he taught theology at Park Abbey and was appointed a canon of Bruges cathedral, where he became penitentiary in 1571 and archdeacon in 1588, as well as rural dean of the deanery of Damme.

During the disturbances of the Dutch Revolt he took refuge in Walloon Flanders, first at Douai and later at Saint-Omer. He returned to Bruges after the city returned to Habsburg rule in 1584. His books include: D'leven, doot, ende lijden der Heyligen (2 vols., Leuven, Jan Bogaert, 1590) Historia Ecclesiastica. Oft een kerckelijcke historie (Antwerp, Hieronymus Verdussen, 1595); dedicated to the city government of Bruges. A revised edition with a continuation by Aubert Miraeus was published in 1609. Un traité de l'Antéchrist (1602)