Nicholas Magni (Nicolaus Magni de Iawor, Mikuláš Magni z Jawora, Nikolaus Groß von Jauer) (c. 1355 – 22 March 1435) was a late medieval theologian, a professor at

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and

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Life

Born in

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, he studied in

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(until 1377) and in

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(1378-), where he lived in a Polish college and represented Polish nation. He studied under professor Matthew of Krakow (from 1378, baccalaureus 1392, magister artium 1395). Before 1392 he received priestly ordination. From 1392 he served as a priest of St. Gallus Church in Prague - Old Town, from about 1395 he started with lectures on theology from 1397 as a professor of theology and rector of

. In 1402, he went to

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, where he was likewise made rector in 1406. He also represented the university at the Council of Constance 1414–1418, where he argued for a reform of the Church and the clergy. His 1405 ''Tractatus de supersticionibus'' enjoyed great popularity throughout the 15th century, and survives in 80 manuscripts, but its influence did not extend beyond the end of the century, being superseded by the 1487 ''

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'', and was never printed.

Works

*''Sermo super quattuor passionibus D.N. Iesu Christi'' (Prague sermons) *Reformist sermons of Constance, ''Obsecro vos ego,'' 3 October 1417 *German sermons ''Vom Gebet'' ''Von der Liebe Gottes'' (Basle 1434) *''Lectura super psalmis'' *''De tribus substancialibus votis religiosorum'' *''Quaestio de mendicantibus'' (against

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and

Beghards The Beguines () and the Beghards () were Christian lay religious orders that were active in Western Europe, particularly in the Low Countries, in the 13th–16th centuries. Their members lived in semi-monastic communities but did not take forma ...

) *''Quaestio de usuris'' *''Tractatus de supersticionibus'' (1405) *''Dialogus super sacra communione contra Hussitas'' *''Quaestio de hereticis'' *''Contra epistolam perfidiae Hussitarum''

Literature

*Josef Tříška (Ed.), ''Repertorium biographicum universitatis Pragensis praehussiticae 1348-1409,'' Praha 1981, 406; *Adolph Franz, ''Der Magister Nikolaus Magni de Jawor,'' Freiburg 1898 1898, onli

*F.X. Bantle, "N. Magni de Jawor und Johannes Wenk im Lichte des Codex Mc. 31 der UB Tübingen," in: ''Scholastik'' 38, 1963, 536-554 *"St. Bylina, Licitum - illicitum, Mikolaj z Jawora," in: ''Kultura elitarna a kultura masowa w Polsce póünego óredniowiecza,'' Wroclaw 1978, 137-153 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Magni, Nicholas 1335 births 1435 deaths Polish theologians 15th-century German Catholic theologians People from Jawor Beguines and Beghards 15th-century writers in Latin