Ambrosius Pelargus (c. 1493 – 5 July 1561) was a German Dominican theologian. He was skilled in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. His polemical efforts were directed principally against the

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, the Iconoclasts, and those who rejected the

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. Pelargus was a humanist name, from the Greek ''pelargon'', meaning

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; his real name is given as Storch.Thomas Brian Deutscher, Peter G. Bietenholz, ''Contemporaries of Erasmus'' (2003), p. 63.

Life

Pelargus was born at Nidda,

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. He entered the Dominican order probably at

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. He attended the

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(1540) and the

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in 1546, as theologian and procurator of the

Archbishop of Trier The Diocese of Trier, in English historically also known as ''Treves'' (IPA "tɾivz") from French ''Trèves'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

in 1547,

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, incensed against Pelargus because he had favoured the transfer, induced the archbishop to recall him, but the latter chose him again as his theologian in 1561. He died at

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Works

His works include: *"Apologia sacrificii eucharistiae contra Oecolampadium" (Basle, 1528); *"Hyperaspismus, seu apologiae propugnatio..." (Basle, 1529); *"Opuscula", against Anabaptists and Iconoclasts (Freiburg, 1534); *"Divina S. Joannis Chrysos. Liturgia, e Graeco Latine ab Ambrosio Pelargo versa et illustrata" (Worms, 1541); *"Inter Pelargum et Erasmum epistolae" (Cologne, 1539).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelargus, Ambrosius 1493 births 1561 deaths German Dominicans 16th-century German Catholic theologians German male non-fiction writers 16th-century German male writers