Low Countries

• Antwerp — Major commercial city in the Spanish Netherlands; location of the Nutius/Moretus printing press
• Bocholt — Small town in the region of Eupen (Limburg, Spanish Netherlands); birthplace of Cornelius a Lapide
• Cambrai — City in the southern Low Countries; seat of an ancient archbishopric and duchy
• Eupen — Region in the eastern Low Countries containing Bocholt, birthplace of Cornelius a Lapide
• Flanders — Historical county in the Low Countries; Van der Burch's grandfather was President of its governing council
• Frisia — Historical region in the northern Low Countries; homeland of St. Ludger, apostle of the Frisians; St. Boniface was martyred there in 755
• Ghent — Major city in Flanders; seat of a bishopric; birthplace of Emperor Charles V
• Hainaut — Historical county in the Low Countries; under Van der Burch's spiritual care
• Louvain — University city in the Duchy of Brabant (Spanish Netherlands) where Cornelius a Lapide taught Sacred Scripture for over twenty years
• Low Countries — Historical region encompassing modern Belgium and the Netherlands; the southern Catholic provinces under Spanish Habsburg rule
• Mechlin — City in the Duchy of Brabant; seat of the metropolitan archbishopric and the great Parliament
• Mons — City in the County of Hainaut; suffered a severe plague stayed by the relics of St. Macarius
• Valenciennes — City in the County of Hainaut within the archdiocese of Cambrai