Benedictus Buns

Benedictus Buns, Benedictus à Sancto Josepho (born Josephus Henricus Buns; also Buns Gelriensis in Latin; 1643 – 6 December 1716), was a Carmelite priest and composer. Biography Buns was born in Geldern (near Kevelaer), which is now a part of Germany, and died in Boxmeer, the Netherlands. In 1659 Buns entered the monastery of the Carmelites in Geldern. His first name is unknown. Work in Boxmeer Buns was professed in 1660 and was ordained in 1666. Sometime between 1666 and 1671 Buns moved to the monastery of the Carmelites in Boxmeer. He was appointed sub-prior in the periods 1671–1674; 1677–1683; 1692–1701; and 1704–1707. Hubertus à Sancto Joanne Vlaminck (1633–1679) a well known organist in Boxmeer (from 1668 to 1679). The Basilica at Boxmeer was part of an independent Catholic enclave. In 1688, Buns initiated the completion and expansion (under-Positive) of the Bremser organ in Boxmeer by Jan van Dijck. From 1699 onward, Buns worked as private composer, conductor and organist (“Aulae Bergis phonascus et organista”) - to the Count Oswaldo van den Bergh at Boxmeer and the family van den Bergh at ’s-Heerenbergh. Buns was also an organ-expert and an organ-advisor, and In 1703 he appr