# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laevinus-torrentius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:57:51.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laevinus-torrentius"
name: "Laevinus Torrentius"
slug: "laevinus-torrentius"
description: "Laevinus Torrentius, born Lieven van der Beke (1525–1595), was the second bishop of Antwerp and one of the leading humanists of his time. He was a Neo-Latin poet, who achieved fame as the editor of Suetonius and Horace. spending many years in Rome in his youth, he developed a serious interest in ancient numismatics. He possessed a large library of about 1,700 books."
tagline: "Roman Catholic bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laevinus_Torrentius_engraved_by_Cornelis_Galle_(I)_after_Gijsbert_van_Veen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1525-03-08"
deathDate: "1595-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.06
  momentum:             8.51948051948052
  historical:           5.469582666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laevinus_Torrentius"
    title: "Laevinus Torrentius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ليفينوس تورينتيوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laevinus_Torrentius"
    title: "Laevinus Torrentius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laevinus_Torrentius"
    title: "Laevinus Torrentius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A9vin_van_der_Beken"
    title: "Liévin van der Beken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laevinus_Torrentius"
    title: "Laevinus Torrentius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1866863"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump