Pieter Titelmans

Pieter Titelmans
Inquisitor of Flanders
Appointed1545
Retired1566
Other postDean of Ronse
Personal details
Born1501 (1501)
Hasselt, Prince-bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire
Died5 September 1572(1572-09-05) (aged 70–71)
Kortrijk, County of Flanders, Habsburg Netherlands
EducationLicentiate of Sacred Theology
Alma materUniversity of Leuven

Pieter Titelmans (1501–1572) was a notorious inquisitor in the Habsburg Netherlands. He also served as Dean of Ronse. As inquisitor, he conducted a campaign to suppress religious dissent that earned him the nickname of "Saul the Persecutor".

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