Lodewijk Heyligen was a Flemish Benedictine monk and music theorist who served as the master of music of cardinal Giovanni Colonna in Avignon. There he became one of the closest friends of the Italian poet Petrarch.
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Lodewijk Heyligen was a Flemish Benedictine monk and music theorist who served as the master of music of cardinal Giovanni Colonna in Avignon. There he became one of the closest friends of the Italian poet Petrarch. His Latin name Ludovicus Sanctus means Louis the Saint and is a literal translation of the Flemish name Lodewijk Heyligen.
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1304 to 1361 · aged 57
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