Cornelius Franciscus Nelis

Cornelius Franciscus Nelis
Bishop of Antwerp
ChurchRoman Catholic
DioceseAntwerp
SeeCathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)
PredecessorJacob Thomas Jozef Wellens
SuccessorDiocese suppressed until 1961
Other post(s)Bishop of Antwerp (1635–1651)
Orders
Consecration5 June 1785
Personal details
Born(1736-06-05)5 June 1736
Mechelen, Lordship of Mechelen, Austrian Netherlands
Died21 August 1798(1798-08-21) (aged 62)
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy
EducationTheology
Alma materOld University of Leuven

Cornelius Franciscus Nelis (1736—1798) was the last bishop of Antwerp before the suppression of the diocese during the French period.

Life

Nelis was born in Mechelen on 5 June 1736, the son of Cornelis Nelis, advocate of the Great Council of Mechelen.[1] He was educated at the Oratorian College in Mechelen and at the University of Leuven, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts as the first of his year on 27 October 1753. He pursued further studies in theology, graduating Licentiate in Theology on 6 May 1760. In the meantime, he had been appointed director of Leuven University's Mechlin College in 1757 and university librarian in 1758. He played an important role in the creation of Leuven's University Press in 1759.[1]

On 17 July 1765 Nelis was appointed a prebendary of Tournai Cathedral, resigning as university librarian on 26 November 1768 after numerous complaints that he was no longer fulfilling his obligations. In 1777 he was appointed to the Commission Royale des études advising the government on educational reform.

In 1777 Nelis was a candidate for appointment as bishop of Bruges, but was ultimately not chosen for the diocese.[2] He was nominated as bishop of Antwerp on 15 February 1785, his appointment was confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 25 April, and he was consecrated on 5 June. Although initially a supporter of Emperor Joseph II's reform programme, he gradually came under suspicion of inspiring resistance to radical change, and on 26 October 1788 his arrest was ordered and he went into hiding.[1]

After the creation of the United States of Belgium in January 1790, Nelis was appointed president of the States General. He worked hard to maintain agreement between the provinces adhering to the union. After the collapse of the union in December 1790, he eventually came to support the claim of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, to rule in the Low Countries.[1]

During the French Revolutionary War in the Low Countries Nelis sought refuge first in the Netherlands and then in Germany, eventually making his way to Italy in 1795. He died at the Camaldolese religious community in Florence on 21 August 1798.[1]

After his death his library was auctioned off in the Low Countries, with many of the items of historical value being bought by Charles van Hulthem, whose collection was an important acquisition of the later Royal Library of Belgium.

Publications

  • Fragmens sur les principes du vrai bonheur. Discours de Lysimaque. Leuven, 1763
  • Alexis, fragment d'instruction d'un prince. Leuven, 1765
  • Oratio in funere Francìsci I, imp. Cas. Aug. habita in basilica SS. Michaelis & Gudulæ. Leuven, 1765
  • Oraison funèbre de Marie-Thérèse. Brussels, 1781
  • L'Aveugle de la montagne, entretiens philosophiques. 2 vols, 1789-1793
  • Regels ende manieren van leven voor de nonnen en gesuprimeerde persoenen in de wereld.
  • Belgicarum rerum prodromus, sive de historia belgica ejusque scriptoribus præcipuis commentario. Antwerp, 1790

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Charles Piot, "Nelis (Corneille-François de)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 15 (Brussels, 1899), 568-583.
  2. ^ A. J. van der Aa, Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, continued by K.J.R. van Harderwijk and G.D.J. Schotel, vol. 13 (Haarlem, 1868), 115-121.

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