Thomas de Hibernia (
fl.
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1270) was an Irish
theologian.
Said to be a native of Palmerstown,
County Kildare
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, he became a
Franciscan, and
Fellow of
Sorbonne,
Paris. In later life, he moved to
Italy, dying ca. 1296 in the "Convent of Aquila, in the Province of Penin."
On his death-bed he bequeathed his books and papers to the Sorbonne, "together with six pounds for the purpose of purchasing a rent to celebrate his anniversary."
Lampen, a
Franciscan, argues that Thomas Palmeranus, Thomas Hibernicus and Thomas Palmerstonus are the same person.
References
*
Lampen OFM, Willibrord, "Thomas Palmeranus." In ''
Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche'', Freiburg, 1965. vol. 10; col. 146.
Select bibliography
* ''De Christiana Religione''
* ''De Illusionibus Daemonum''
* ''Manipulus florum, seu Sententiae Patrum'' (ca. 1480/1494); also published under different titles (Polyanthea novissima (1758) / Thesaurus Patrum (1823) / Dictionarium omnium pene Patrum artque Doctorum (1846) / Flores Doctorum (1858));
* ''De Flores Bibliae'' (1568)
* ''Religio munda'' (1496; attributed to him)
External links
* http://www.libraryireland.com/biography/ThomasHibernicus.php
*https://www.ustc.ac.uk/results?qa=0,0,thomas%20hibernicus,AND&qo=0,0,1&qp=1&qso=11
People from County Kildare
Irish Friars Minor
13th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests
Irish Roman Catholic theologians
Irish expatriates in France
Irish expatriates in Italy
13th-century Irish writers
Franciscan theologians
Irish writers in Latin
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