Zeger Bernhard van Espen

Zeger Bernhard van Espen (Espenius) (9 July 1646 at Leuven – 2 October 1728 at Amersfoort, Netherlands) was a Belgian canonist, who supported Gallican theories and was an ardent upholder of secular power against religious authority. Van Espen is generally classed among the ablest writers on ecclesiastical law.


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