Personalia

In memoriam Dom Irénée Fransen, O.S.B. (1921-2026)

Au soir du 11 février 2026, dans sa 105e année, s’est éteint à Strasbourg, où il fut longtemps prédicateur de la cathédrale, le Père Paul-Irénée Fransen, moine bénédictin de l’abbaye de Maredsous, près de Namur, en Belgique. Bibliste, patrologue et médiéviste de premier plan, il demeura intellectuellement actif jusqu’à un âge très avancé, publiant de nombreux travaux sur les manuscrits et la transmission des textes bibliques et patristiques. Dom Irénée Fransen (Photo fournie

Oct 232 min read

New CC Visiting Fellow

On Monday, 12 October 2026, Brepols and Corpus Christianorum welcomed Dr Jérémy Delmulle to the CCBK for a Corpus Christianorum Visiting Fellowship lasting until the end of November. A chargé de recherche (tenured research fellow) at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) since 2019, he has served since 2020 as Head of the Section of Codicology, History of Libraries and Heraldry at the Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes (IRHT) in Paris. In that ca

Oct 151 min read

In memoriam Albert Derolez (1934-2026)

Corpus Christianorum mourns the passing of Professor Albert Derolez, the distinguished Belgian historian of the book and medievalist whose scholarship transformed the study of medieval manuscripts, book collections and intellectual culture. Internationally renowned for his lifelong research on the Liber Floridus and its author, Lambert of Saint-Omer, he was widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities on the medieval book and manuscript tradition. In addition to his wor

Aug 43 min read

In memoriam Carl Laga (1924-2026)

It is our sad duty to announce the passing of Professor Carl Laga. Born in Roeselare (Belgium) on October 29, 1924, Prof. Laga died in Leuven on June 28, 2026, at the age of 101. With his passing, the field of Byzantine studies loses a scholar who, for decades, sustained and shaped the discipline at the University of Leuven. His work lives on in the texts he made accessible, in the researchers he inspired and mentored, and in the ongoing research in this field at Leuven. His

Jul 91 min read