ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 8th of October WELCOME! ANTONIUS HOVAEUS, ABBOT A view of Egmond Abbey, by Claes Dircksz van der Heck, 1638 Antonius Hovaeus, or van Hove, also called van der Hoef, a Benedictine at the famous Egmond Abbey, was born at the beginning of the 16th century in Egmond or, as some would like, in Wormer. Because of his piety and learning, he enjoyed great respect among his monastic brothers. Therefore, after the death of Wilhelm van der Goes in 1560, the brethren would have liked him to become abbot, but this was thwarted by the unification of Egmond with the diocese of Harlem established by King Philip II. As compensation, Antonius received the Echternach Abbey in 1563, where he died on October 8, 1568 after five years of praiseworthy rule. Just like Cornelius Aurelius and Guilielmus Hermanni, he also left behind some classical Latin poetry. As such, his work “De arte amandi deum, accessit odarum, hymnorum et ...