Pelbartus Ladislaus de Temesvár (or Temeswar) (1430 – 9 January 1504) was a

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writer and preacher.

Life

He was born in 1430 in Temesvár,

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(now

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). In 1458 he went to the

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. In 1463 he was licensed in Theology. Possibly in 1471 he left Kraków as a doctor, then in 1483 he is mentioned in the Franciscan Community Annales of the St. John Monastery in

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, the Hungarian capital city. After 1483 his writings began to be published in print. The first printed edition of his Sermons dates from 1498. In 1503 a printed version of his lecture notes was published. Pelbartus died on 9 January 1504 in Buda, as a highly distinguished author and professor. Hungarian versions of his writings in manuscript date from 1510.

His work

He is remembered for two kinds of texts: sermons (many of them treating the

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) and Commentaries on Sentences of

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. His final work is a synthesis called Aureum Sacrae Theologiae Rosarium – finished by his student Oswald 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.

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, 1487/

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, 1504 and 1513). * ''Pomerium Sermonum de Tempore'' (s.l., 1489/

, 1498 and 1500). There are other editions as well, possibly 12, between 1501 and 1520. * ''Pomerium Sermonum de Sanctis'' (a.o.

, 1499 and 1500). 11 editions between 1501 and 1520. * ''Pomerium Sermonum Quadragesimalium/Qauadragesimale Triplex'' (a.o.

, 1499 and 1500). Nine editions before 1520. * ''Sermones'' (

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, 1483/s.l., 1486). * ''Stellarium Coronae Mariae Virginis'' (a.o. Hagenau, Heinrich Gran and Johannes Rynman, 2 Maii, 1498/

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, 1496/

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, Jacobus Wolff de Pforzheim, 1497–1500). * ''Aureum Sacrae Theologiae Rosarium iuxta Quattuor Sententiarum Libros Pariformiter Quadripartitum'' (4 books) IV Vol. (

: Heinrich Gran, 1503-1508/

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, 1586 and 1589/

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, 1590). This work has been finished by Oswald of Lasko. It is a dogmatic work where Pelbartus comments upon Scottist texts. Has references to

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, St.

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, and 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 Franciscan 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,

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, 1994. * Franklin H. Littell (ed.), ''Reformation Studies'', John Knox Press,

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, 1962.

References

External links

Page in Hungarian language
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pelbartus Ladislaus De Temesvar 1430 births 1504 deaths 15th-century Hungarian writers 15th-century Roman Catholic priests Hungarian Franciscans Jagiellonian University alumni Hungarian expatriates in Poland Writers from Timișoara