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unusual facts about Catholic University of Leuven


Leopold Genicot

In 1935, he was offered a position as professor at the Catholic University of Leuven and received tenure in 1947.


Albert d'Orville

He joined the Society of Jesus in 1646, and while studying theology at the Catholic University of Leuven he attended the 'Chinese lectures' given by Martino Martini an Italian Jesuit missionary, then visiting the University of Leuven.

Alexandre Lamfalussy

Born in Hungary, Lamfalussy studied at the Catholic University of Leuven and Nuffield College, Oxford, where he received his doctorate in economics.

António Mascarenhas Monteiro

Monteiro went to university in Belgium and graduated with his law degree from the Catholic University of Leuven.

Benedictus van Haeften

After studying philosophy and theology at the Catholic University of Leuven, he entered the Benedictine Abbey of Affligem in 1609, took solemn vows on 14 May 1611, and was ordained priest in 1613.

Francis Sylvius

After completing his course of humanities at Mons, he studied philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven and theology at University of Douai, in a seminary founded by the bishop of Cambrai in connection with the faculty of theology.

Hendrik Elias

Elias was a noted academic, holding doctorates in both Law and Philosophy from studies at the Catholic University of Leuven, the University of Paris and the University of Bonn before serving in a number of leading roles in both academia and the law.

Infante Gonzalo of Spain

He studied Engineering at the Catholic University of Leuven, instead of at the University of Madrid as originally planned for him.

Jan Pieter Schotte

From 1953 to 1956 he studied canon law at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium and from 1962 to 1963 at The Catholic University of America in Washington DC.

Jean Jadot

In 1926, he entered the Catholic University of Leuven, from where he obtained his doctorate in philosophy magna cum laude in 1930.

Louvain

Catholic University of Leuven, a prominent university in Belgium founded in 1425 and split in 1968

Park Abbey

Abbot Gerard van Goetsenhoven (1414–34) had much to do with the establishment of the Catholic University of Leuven, and was also delegated by John IV, Duke of Brabant to transact state affairs with the King of England and the Duke of Burgundy.

Pierre François Xavier de Ram

Pierre François Xavier de Ram (September 2, 1804, Leuven - May 14, 1865, Leuven), was a Belgian churchman, and historian, best known for being the first rector of the new Catholic University of Mechlin (1834) and then of the new Catholic University of Leuven (1835).

Pierre Willems

Following the custom of Belgian students he did not confine himself to the courses at Catholic University of Leuven (French: Louvain) but went to Paris to hear Julius Oppert, Émile Egger, and Henri Patin, and to Berlin, Utrecht, and Leyden, where he followed the courses of Cobet.

Sagalassos

From 1990 Sagalassos, a major tourist site, has become a major excavation project led by Marc Waelkens of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

Sedes Sapientiae, Leuven

It is the symbol of the Catholic University of Leuven, in whose seal it is enclosed in a vesica piscis shape whose margin bears the text "Universitas catholica Lovaniensis. Sedes sapientiae" (Latin for Catholic University of Leuven. Seat of Wisdom).

Thomas Dorman

Harding persuaded him to resume his studies, and Dorman accordingly went to the Catholic University of Leuven and devoted himself to the study of theology.


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Albin van Hoonacker

Abbeloos, then rector of the Catholic University of Leuven, and a biblical scholar himself, proposed to the Belgian bishops that Van Hoonacker be appointed to the newly created chair of Histoire critique de l'Ancien Testament.

H. Narayan Murthy

After securing his Master's degree in psychology from University of Mysore, H.N.Murthy gained admission into "Katholieke Universiteit Leuven" or the "Catholic University of Leuven", Belgium to pursue his doctoral studies in psychology for the award of a PhD.His subject chosen was "Causality in Experimental Psychology".