Peter of Aquila, O.F.M., (Scotellus) (d. 1361) was an Italian

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, theologian and bishop. Peter was born at

L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...

in the

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, Italy, towards the end of the 13th century. In 1334 he figures as a Master of Theology and as Minister Provincial of his Order for

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. In 1334 he was appointed

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and shortly afterwards Inquisitor for Florence. His servants having been punished by public authority, the Inquisitor excommunicated the priors and placed the town under

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. On 12 February 1347, Peter was named Bishop of S. Angelo de Lombardi in

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, and, on 30 May 1348, was transferred to the

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, where he died. He was an able interpreter of

John Duns Scotus John Duns Scotus ( – 8 November 1308), commonly called Duns Scotus ( ; ; "Duns the Scot"), was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher, and theologian. He is one of the four most important ...

, and was called ''Doctor sufficiens''. His chief works are commentaries on the four books of ''

Sentences ''The Four Books of Sentences'' (''Libri Quattuor Sententiarum'') is a book of theology written by Peter Lombard in the 12th century. It is a systematic compilation of theology, written around 1150; it derives its name from the ''sententiae'' o ...

'', which being a compendium of the doctrine of Scotus were called ''Scotellum'', whence the author's surname "Scotellus". The commentaries have passed through various editions, the first by Peter Drach, at Speier, 1480, and by Paolini (Genoa, 1907–09).

References

Eubel Konrad Eubel or Conradus Eubel (19 January 1842 – 5 February 1923) was a German Franciscan historian. He is known for his reference work, the ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi'', on medieval popes, cardinals and bishops. It appeared in thre ...

, ''Bullarium Franciscanum'', VI (Rome, 1902), 192, 214 *Analecta Franciscana, IV (Quaracchi, 1906), 339, 530 *

Luke Wadding Luke Wadding, O.F.M. (16 October 158818 November 1657), was an Irish Franciscan friar and historian. Life Early life Wadding was born on 16 October 1588 in Waterford to Walter Wadding of Waterford, a wealthy merchant, and his wife, Anastasia ...

, Annales Minorum, ad a. 1343, n. 35; ad a. 1346, nn, 4, 5 *Wadding, Scriptores Ord. Min. (Rome, 1806), 187 *

Sbaralea Giovanni or Gian Giacinto Sbaraglia (1687–1764), otherwise Joannes Hyacinthus Sbaralea, was a historian of the Franciscan Order , image = FrancescoCoA PioM.svg , image_size = 200px , caption = A cross, Ch ...

, Supplem. Ad Script. Ord. Min. (Rome, 1806), 583 *Mazzuchelli, Gli scrittori d'Italia, II (Brescia, 1753), 902-3 *Cappalletti, Le chiese d'Italia, XX (Venice, 1866), 551.

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