Autograph letter signed
23 x 16 cm
1pp
Founder of many charitable foundations, van der Burch was a clergyman
originally from Ghent, whose ecclesiastical path started as minister of
Arras Cathedral, vicar general of the diocese of Arras, and archdeacon
of the archdiocese of Mechelen. In 1612 he was appointed bishop of
Ghent, and, in 1616, archbishop of Cambrai.