Christophe de Longueil

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Christophe de Longueil (1490 – September 11, 1522) was a Belgian humanist. He is also known by his Latin name, Christophe Longolius.

He was born in Mechelen, and studied jurisprudence in Valence. He became a lawyer in 1511, and served from 1513 as an official in Paris. He soon however gave up law to study old literature, and traveled around Europe, finally settling in Padua, where he died in 1522.