Metropolitan Church of Mechlin
The metropolitan (cathedral) church of the Archdiocese of Mechlin. Van der Burch presided over it as Dean, and Lapide was summoned there by Van der Burch. Its choir and clergy were described as a mirror of virtue and religion for all the Low Countries.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Lapide summoned to the Metropolitan Church
"summoned by you from Mechlin to the Metropolitan Church over which you presided as Dean"
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Van der Burch chosen as Dean; choir and clergy praised
"they chose you as Dean of the Metropolitan Church of Mechlin — and what you accomplished in that office, the choir and clergy of Mechlin, who are a mirror of virtue and religion for all the Low Countries, still declare"