About Petrus Divaeus
Lived 1535 – 1581 (aged 45–46). Petrus Divaeus was a historian.
Pieter Van Dieven, Latinized Petrus Divaeus (1535–1581) was a 16th-century scholar who wrote on the history of Belgic Gaul, the charters and liberties of the city of Leuven, and the history of the duchy of Brabant. Most of his work was issued in print only after his death.
Life Divaeus was born in Leuven in 1536, and served as clerk of the city council. Appointed pensionary of Mechelen, he died there in 1581.
Writings De Galliae Belgicae Antiquitatibus (Antwerp, 1566) Rerum Brabanticarum Libri XIX, edited by Aubertus Miraeus (Antwerp, 1610) Opera Varia, edited by Jean-Noël Paquot (Leuven, 1757), containing: Rerum Lovaniensium Libri quatuor Annalium Oppidi Lovaniensis Libri Octo Commentarius de Statu Belgiae sub Franciae imperio
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Who was Petrus Divaeus?
16th-century scholar
When was Petrus Divaeus born?
Petrus Divaeus was born in 1535 in Leuven.
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Petrus Divaeus died in 1581 in Mechelen.
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Petrus Divaeus was a historian.
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