The influential Jesuit priest Wilhelm Lamormaini was born on December 29, 1570 in La Moire Mannie near Dochamps.
After joining the Jesuit order, he studied theology in Vienna, then taught in Hungary, Prague and Graz. He returned to Vienna in 1622, where he became rector of the Vienna Jesuit College. He played a decisive role in the incorporation of the Jesuit college into the university and in the structural redesign of the university quarter. As a confessor, he enjoyed the special trust of Emperor Ferdinand II.
