 He spent about five years in the Collegium Germanicum in Rome doing philosophical, ecclesiastical, dogmatical and "archaeological" studies.He was consecrated in 1616 in the Lateran church and was awarded the degree Bachelor of Theology from Perugia University.In 1621, he became a canon of the St. Andreas Closter in Cologne and was promoted to the Cologne department of theology in 1623 where he obtained a licentiate degree in theology.