Career
He is also known by his Latin name, Christophorus 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 also served as a tutor to a young King Francis I of France.
He had given up law to study classical literature. Later he traveled around Europe, finally settling in Padua, where he died in 1522.
