Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
With access to the Plantin Press in Antwerp he was able to quickly gaining international fame. In 1647 he is appointed steward by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, governor of the Southern Netherlands. In this capacity he teaches the pages, and possibly also some of the children, of the Archduke. On 4 September 1653 he dies as superior of the Jesuit clergy in Tongeren.