HENRI LANCELOTZ. — Augustinian theologian and controversialist, born in Belgium in 1576, died in Antwerp on 11 January 1643. He earned his doctorate in theology at Louvain. He restored regular observance in various convents and provinces of his Order and was a staunch defender of the rights and doctrine of the Church against the claims of Lutherans and Calvinists, whom he relentlessly combated through writings and speeches.
Principal works: *Pharus apostolica contra Calvinistas* (Antwerp 1611); *De illegitima et subreptitia missione Lutheranorum et Calvinistarum* (ibid. 1616); *Abecedarium Lutheranico-Calvinisticum* (ibid. 1617); *De libertate religionis e republica Christiana proscribenda* (Mainz 1622); *Corona Calviniana* (Antwerp 1629); *Paraneesis ad Ferdinandum II imperatorem pro calvinismi e toto imperio proscriptione* (ibid. 1630).