Noë Faignient

Noah (Noé) Faignient (1540-1598) was a Franco-Flemish polyphonist from the Renaissance period. He is best known for his "Noe menestriers Bastiaenssone geboren van Camerijck speelman" created in 1561 in the lists of citizens' of Antwerp . Faignient had three children respectively baptized in 1561, 1575 and 1577 at the Antwerp Cathedral of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal). Faignient spent the majority of his years working in Antwerp.