# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mathias-hovius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:24:47.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mathias-hovius"
name: "Mathias Hovius"
slug: "mathias-hovius"
description: "Mathias Hovius (1542–1620), born Matthijs Van Hove, was the third Archbishop of Mechelen from 1596 to 1620. As Archbishop, Hovius presided over implementing the Catholic Reformation in the Spanish Netherlands."
tagline: "Roman Catholic archbishop (1542–1620)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lucas_Franchoys_the_Elder_-_Portrait_of_Mathias_Hovius.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1542"
deathDate: "1620-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.003708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Hovius"
    title: "Mathias Hovius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Hovius"
    title: "Mathias Hovius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Hovius"
    title: "Matthias Hovius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Hovius"
    title: "Matthias Hovius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Hovius"
    title: "Matthias Hovius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2506641"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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