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Leonardus Lessius
1554Oct, 1

Leonardus Lessius

Leonardus Lessius, Jesuit theologian (d. 1623)
Leonardus Lessius (Dutch: Lenaert Leys; 1 October 1554, in Brecht – 15 January 1623, in Leuven) was a Flemish moral theologian from the Jesuit order.

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