Reineri was born in
Gouda in 1525. He matriculated at Pig College, Leuven, and graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1549, the first of the 163 students in his year. From 1550 to 1554 he was professor of philosophy. On 1 June 1568 he graduated
Doctor of Sacred Theology, and was appointed to a professorship in theology and a
canonry in
St. Peter's Church, Leuven. Together with
Joannes Molanus and
Augustinus Hunnaeus he was a member of the committee of theologians who oversaw
Franciscus Lucas Brugensis's revision of the
Leuven Vulgate (published at the
Plantin Press in 1574). From 1566 to 1572 he was involved in running
Holy Ghost College, and in 1572 became president of
Arras College. The
Dutch Revolt made his tenure as president extraordinarily difficult, with soldiers billeted in the college in 1578. In 1604 he established a scholarship for students at
Pope's College. He died on 16 December 1609 and was buried in the choir of St Peter's Church. ==References==