> [[09-figures|↑ Back to TOC]] # Blessed Louis de Blois ## Biography François-Louis Blosius (de Blois) was a Benedictine abbot and spiritual writer, born at Donstienne, near Liège, Flanders, in 1506; died at Liessies, 1566. His parents were nobles of Hainault. He became a page to Archduke Charles (afterwards Emperor Charles V) but entered the Abbey of Liessies when only fourteen. In 1530 he became its thirty-fourth abbot and devoted his life to monastic reform and spiritual writing. His chief works include the *Speculum Monachorum*, *Entretiens spirituels*, and *Instructions spirituelles et pensées consolantes*. *Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, "François-Louis Blosius"*