- Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvár
Pelbartus Ladislaus de Temesvar (or Temeswar) (
1430 –1504 ), Franciscan writer and preacher. Born in 1430 atTimişoara (today inRomania but at the time HungarianTemesvár ), in the Hungarian kingdom ofMatyas Kiraly . In1458 he enters to the University ofKrakow . In1463 he is licenced in Theology. Possible in1471 leaves Krakow as a doctor, then in1483 is mentioned in the Franciscan Community Annales of St. John Monastery in Buda, the Hungarian Capital city. After1483 his writings begin to be published in print. The first printed edition of his Sermons dates from1498 . In1503 a printed version of his lecture notes is published. Pelbartus died in1504 , January the 9th, inBuda , as a highly distinguished author and professor. Hungarian versions of his writings in manuscript date from1510 .His work
There are two kinds of texts: sermons (many of them treating the Immaculate Conception) and Commentaries on Sentences of
Petrus Lombardus . His final work is a synthesis calledAureum Sacrae Theologiae Rosarium – finished by his studentOswald of Lasko .Editions
* "Expositio Compendiosa et Familiaris Sensum Litteralem et Mysticum Complectens Libri Psalmorum, Hymnorum, Soliloquorum Regii Prophetae, item Expositio Canticorum V. et N. Testamenti, Symboli Athanasii, Hymni Universales Creaturae" (a.o.
Strassbourg ,1487 /Hagenau ,1504 &1513 ).
* "Pomerium Sermonum de Tempore" (s.l.,1489 /Hagenau ,1498 &1500 ). There are other editions as well, possibly 12, between1501 and1520 .
* "Pomerium Sermonum de Sanctis" (a.o.Hagenau ,1499 &1500 ). 11 editions between1501 and1520 .
* "Pomerium Sermonum Quadragesimalium/Qauadragesimale Triplex" (a.oHagenau ,1499 &1500 ). 9 editions before1520 .
* "Sermones" (Neurenberg ,1483 /s.l.,1486 ).
* "Stellarium Coronae Mariae Virginis" (a.o. Hagenau, Heinrich Gran & Johannes Rynman, 2 Maii,1498 /Strasbourg ,1496 /Basel , Jacobus Wolff de Pforzheim,1497 -1500 ).
* "Aureum Sacrae Theologiae Rosarium iuxta Quattuor Sententiarum Libros Pariformiter Quadripartitum" (4 books) IV Vol. (Hagenau : Heinrich Gran,1503 -1508 /Venice ,1586 &1589 /Brescia ,1590 ). This work has been finished byOswald of Lasko . It is a dogmatic work where Pelbartus comments upon Scottist texts. Has references toDuns Scotus , St.Bonaventure ,Tomas Aquinas ,William of Vorrilon .Bibliography
* Z. J. Kosztolnyik, "Some Hungarian Theologians in the Late Renaissance", "Church History. Volume: 57". Issue: 1,
1988 .
* Z. J. Kosztolnyik, "Pelbartus of Temesvar: a Francican Preacher and Writer of the Late Middle Ages in Hungary", "Vivarium", 5/1967 .
* Kenan B. Osborne, O.F.M., "The History of Franciscan Theology", The Franciscan Institute St. Bonaventure,New York ,1994 .
* Franklin H. Littell (ed.), "Reformation Studies", John Knox Press, Richmond,Virginia ,1962 .External links
* [http://franka-egom.ofm.hu/nevadonk/nevadonk.htm Page in hungarian Language]
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