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
Anabaptists, the
Iconoclasts, and those who rejected the
Mass
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.
Pelargus was a
humanist name
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, from the Greek ''pelargon'', meaning
stork
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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,
Hesse
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. He entered the Dominican order probably at
Freiburg,
Breisgau
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. He attended the
Diet of Worms
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(1540) and the
Council of Trent
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in 1546, as theologian and procurator of the
Archbishop of Trier. On 10 May 1546, he addressed the assembled Fathers.
When the Council was transferred to
Bologna
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in 1547,
Emperor Charles V
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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
Trier
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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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1493 births
1561 deaths
German Dominicans
16th-century German Catholic theologians
German male non-fiction writers
16th-century German male writers