Jacob (
French: Jacques) Buyens was born in
Mol, in the
Campine region of north-eastern Belgium. He entered the Dominicans in
Antwerp and became a Roman Catholic priest. Buyens published
Gheestelyke oeffeninghe om eenigheydt met Godt te cryghen and
Den costelycken schadt der Broederschap van H. Roosen-Kransken van de aldereerweerdichste Moeder Godts in de Predic-heeren oorden ingestelt, printed in 12 volumes in Antwerp in 1600 by Hieronymus Verdussen and republished by the same printer in 8 volumes in 1614. In 1605 the work was published in Gothic letters by Corneille Verschueren. ==Works==