Abraham de Sancta Clara (Abraham van St. Clara, fl. first half 18th cent.) Abraham de Sancta Clara (Abraham van St. Clara, fl. first half 18th cent.) OFM. Belgian friar. Preacher in the Austrian Low Countries.
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fl. first half 18th cent.
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Acathangelus Bituricensis (Agathange de Bourges, fl. 17th cent.) Acathangelus Bituricensis (Agathange de Bourges, fl. 17th cent.) OFMCap. French friar from the Tours province. Preacher, provincial minister and spiritual author.
OFMCap French
fl. 17th cent.
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Accacius Gaetanus (Acacio Gaitán, fl. c. 1650 ) Accacius Gaetanus (Acacio Gaitán, fl. c. 1650 ) OFM. Spanish friar. Supposedly a Franciscan poet. He would have issued a eulogies on the Virgin (Granada, 1651 and another collection of poems on the immaculate conception (Granada, 1656). This needs further checking.
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fl. c. 1650
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Accursius Bonfantini (Accursio Bonfantini, fl. early 14 th cent.) Accursius Bonfantini (Accursio Bonfantini, fl. early 14 th cent.) OM. Italian friar originating from Florence. Franciscan inquisitor, very active against alleged heretics in Tuscany. Praised by John XXII in 1328 and also acknowledged by Benedict XII (1337). Accursio took a stance against 'schismatic' Franciscans (first Spirituals and later also the partisans of Michael of Cesena). He is also known for a commentary on the Comedia of Dante , but only fragments of that work seem to have survived. ...
OM Italian
fl. early 14 th cent.
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Accursius Schiegl (Accurs Schiegl/Accursio Schiegl, 1677-1751) Accursius Schiegl (Accurs Schiegl/Accursio Schiegl, 1677-1751) OFMRef. Austrian friar and member of the Sankt Leopold province.
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fl. 18th cent. (1677 - 1751)
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Accursius de Sancto Petro (Accursio de São Pedro , fl. ca. 1640) Accursius de Sancto Petro (Accursio de São Pedro , fl. ca. 1640) OFM. Portuguese friar. Lector, guardian of the Evora friary and vehement anti-jewish preacher, known for his sermon held at an auto-da-fé in Evora (1644).
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fl. ca. 1640
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Ackard (fl. early 16 th cent.) Ackard (fl. early 16 th cent.) OMObs. French (Provencal) friar. Provincial minister of the Provence province and involved with the Observant reform of the Poor Clares of Marseille in 1516. Author?
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fl. early 16 th cent.
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Adalbert Angermann (fl. c. 1700 ) Adalbert Angermann (fl. c. 1700 ) OFM, German friar. Known for his Scotist treatise on the nature of relations.
OFM German
fl. c. 1700
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Adalbert Kleinhans (1685-1751) Adalbert Kleinhans (1685-1751) OFMRec. Austrian friar and member of the Tirol province.
OFMRec Austrian
fl. 18th cent. (1685 - 1751)
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Adalbert Monacensis (Adalbertus Monachensis/Adalbert von München/Adalbert Mayrholt, 1641-1719) Adalbert Monacensis (Adalbertus Monachensis/Adalbert von München/Adalbert Mayrholt, 1641-1719) OFMCap. German (Bavarian) friar, Scotist theologian, guardian and preacher.
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fl. 17th-18th cent. (1641 - 1719)
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Adam Abell (ca. 1475/80?–1537?) Adam Abell (ca. 1475/80?–1537?) OMObs & OFM. English Franciscan friar from Salt Preston, Haddingtonshire. All biographical information concerning him comes from his universal chronicle, entitled The Roit or Quheill of Tyme . Based on the remarks in that text, it would seem that he received his childhood education in the , Augustinian abbey of Holyrood near Edinburgh, where a family member of his, namely Robert Bellentyne, was abbot, or at the Canongate grammar school serviced by the same abbey....
OFM English (1475/80 - 1537)
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Adam Anglicus (fl. 14th cent.) Adam Anglicus (fl. 14th cent.) OM. English friar. In fact, this ia a nebulous figure. Juan de San Antonio ascribes to this friar a Comm. super Epistolam ad Hebraeos , and other old bibliographers mention him as a degree student in Paris, who would have written a Sentences commentary. Some have argued that he is in fact a Dominican friar, and some identify him instead with Adam Woodham (Adam Goddam). In fact, aside from some vague references, nothing seems to be known about him with any certaint...
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fl. 14th cent.
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Adam Berwickensis (Adam of Berwick, fl. early fourteenth cent.) Adam Berwickensis (Adam of Berwick, fl. early fourteenth cent.) OM. English or Scotish friar from the Newcastle custody. Guardian of the Berwick convent. Acted as a negociator for various cardinals and for pope John XXII to establish peace between King Edward II and Robert Bruce of Scotland. Adam was instrumental in obtaining a two-year truce between the fighting parties in 1319. Author?
OM English
fl. early fourteenth cent.
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Adam Blunt (late thirteenth century) Adam Blunt (late thirteenth century) OM. Scottish friar, guardian of Roxburgensis. Alleged author of several Conciones
OM Scottish
fl. late thirteenth century
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Adam Bürvenich (1603 - 1676) Adam Bürvenich (1603 - 1676) OFMRec. German friar from the Cologne province. Entered the order in 1620. Following hos education in philosophy and theology he was ordained priest in 1627 and became rheology lector in Heidelberg and guardian (of the Mainz, Brühl, Koblenz, Beurig, Bischofsheim and Zons friaries), as well as provincial definitor (several times) and chronographer for his order province (1656). Also visitator od the Strasbourg and Thüringen provinces (1655-1656)
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Adam Goddamus (Adam Wodeham/Adam de Vodronio/Adam Woodham/Adam Godham, ca. 1298-1358, Babwell, England) Adam Goddamus (Adam Wodeham/Adam de Vodronio/Adam Woodham/Adam Godham, ca. 1298-1358, Babwell, England) OM. English theologian and philosopher, and student of Ockham. Born in the neighbourhood of Southampton. Obtained his first education in logic, philosophy and theology in the London friary (possibly all the way up to the lectorate) between 1320 and 1324. Subsequently, between 1325 and 1329, he taught and studied philosophy and theology at the Franciscan studium in Oxford. Wodeham performed hi...
OM English
fl. 1338/1339 (ca. 1298 - 1358)
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Adam Marsh (Adamus de Marisco, †1259) Adam Marsh (Adamus de Marisco, †1259) OM. English friar and theologian. Born in the diocese of Bath, before 1200 (cousin of the bishop of Durham, Richard Marsh (d. 1226). Adam studied liberal arts at Oxford and was ordained priest. He subsequently obtained from his uncle a prebend in the parish of Wearmouth (eventually, the bishop also left Adam his library). Around the time of his uncle’s death, Adam decided to become Franciscan friar, partly at the instigation of Adam of Oxford. He took the h...
OM English
fl. 13th cent. (before 1200 - 1259)
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Adam Rufus (Adam de Exonia/Adam de Oxonia/Adam de Eccestre/Adam (Rufus) of Exeter, d. 1233/1234) Adam Rufus (Adam de Exonia/Adam de Oxonia/Adam de Eccestre/Adam (Rufus) of Exeter, d. 1233/1234) OM. English friar, who joined the order in or around 1229, prior to which he taught the artes liberales at Oxford. He was a pupil of Robert Grosseteste and a collaborator of Adam Marsh. He died during a journey to the Holy Land in 1233 or 1234. He is mentioned in the chronicles of Eccleston and in Thomas of Pavia's Dialogus .
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Adam Sasboldus (Adam Sasbout, Adam Delfius, 21 December 1516- 21 March 1553) Adam Sasboldus (Adam Sasbout, Adam Delfius, 21 December 1516- 21 March 1553) OFM. Dutch friar. Born in Delft in a Patrician family as the second of nine children. Studied Latin and the liberal arts at the Latin school of Delft, among the Canons of St. Adrianus in Naaldwijk, and at the St. Hieronymus school of the Brethren of the Common Life in Utrecht (under Georgius Macropedius, alias Joris van Langhveldt). Continued his liberal arts studies in Louvain, where he became a student at the pedagog...
OFM Dutch
fl. 1544 (21 December 1516 - 1553)
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Adam de Bechesoueres (Adam of Hekeshover, fl. mid 13 th cent.) Adam de Bechesoueres (Adam of Hekeshover, fl. mid 13 th cent.) OM. English friar and specialised in medicine. Known to have treated his fellow friars, students of Oxford, as well as Walter of Merton (the later bishop of Rochester) and Robert Grosseteste (bishop of Lincoln). He appears in the letters of Adam Marsh, for whom Adam brought a request to the Franciscan minister general (then in France). Author?
OM English
fl. mid 13 th cent.
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Adam de Buckfeldio (Adam Bocfeldius/Adam of Buckfield/Bockenfield, ca. 1220-1278/94) Adam de Buckfeldio (Adam Bocfeldius/Adam of Buckfield/Bockenfield, ca. 1220-1278/94) OM. English friar. Oxford master and commentator on the physical and metphysical works of Aristotle.
OM English
fl. 13th cent. (ca. 1220 - 1278/94)
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Adam de Dompmartin (fl. later 14 th cent.) Adam de Dompmartin (fl. later 14 th cent.) OM. French (Parisian) friar and the brother of Guillaume de Prato (who later was appointed archbishop of Cambalic in China on March 11 th , 1370). Adam entered the order in the French province. Reached the magisterium theologiae . Was then interrogated (30 September 1375) by other masters of the university regarding a translation of works by Marsilius of Padua. Between 1375 and 1381, he was provincial minister of the French province. On 20 July 1384, p...
OM French
fl. later 14 th cent.
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Adam de Ely (d. after 1346) Adam de Ely (d. after 1346) OM. English friar. Lector in Norwich. Author of a commentary on the Sentences.
OM English ( - after 1346)
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Adam de Fermo (Adam da Fermo, fl. second half 13 th cent.) Adam de Fermo (Adam da Fermo, fl. second half 13 th cent.) OM. Italian friar from the March of Ancona. Famous preacher, renowned for his eloquence and his homiletic miracles in the late 1280s. Mariano da Firenze conflates him with Adam Rufus, yet other sources distinguish between the two (see also under Adam Rufus and the 2021 study by Cecilia Panti mentioned there). Author?
OM Italian
fl. second half 13 th cent.
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Adam de Herfordia (Adam of Hereford, fl. mid 13 th cent.) Adam de Herfordia (Adam of Hereford, fl. mid 13 th cent.) OM. English friar and esteemed socius of Adam Marsh, who praises him in a latter of 1248. Author?
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fl. mid 13 th cent.
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Adam de Howden (Hoveden, Houden/ d. after 1306) Adam de Howden (Hoveden, Houden/ d. after 1306) OM. English friar. Mentioned in 1290 and 1293 as a friar of the Oxford friary. By then, or shortly thereafter, he must already have started with his degree studies, for between 1298 and 1300 he is the regent lector in the Franciscan studium generale at Oxford (no. 28). He is one of the 22 friars presented on 26 July 1300 to the bishop by the provincial minister Hugh of Hertepole as candidates for hearing confessions in and around Oxford (and one o...
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Adam de Lincoln (d. ca. 1344) Adam de Lincoln (d. ca. 1344) OM. English friar. Taught at Oxford (24 th regent lector around 1290) and is known to have preached there in 1292 and 1293 before the university. Provincial minister of the English province between 1304 and 1310. In 1311, the provincial Synod of York asks him to examine accusations of heresy brought against the Templars. Adam died at Lincoln. Several of his sermons survive.
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Adam de Warminster (Adam of Warminster, fl. ca. 1270) Adam de Warminster (Adam of Warminster, fl. ca. 1270) OM. English friar. Guardian of the Friars Minor at Oxford. In this quality, he took part in a 1269 university discussion about the reception of money by intermediaries. The Dominicans had accused the Friars Minor to use this device to overcome the prohibitions of handling money in the Franciscan rule. Author?
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fl. ca. 1270
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Adam de York (Adam of York, 13th cent) Adam de York (Adam of York, 13th cent) OM. English friar. Sent to Lyon (ca. 1226/1230) as a lector of theology by the Franciscan minister general Elias of Cortona.
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fl. 13th cent
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Adeodatus Toselli (Adeodato Toselli da Cuneo/Diodata di Cuneo, d. 1764) Adeodatus Toselli (Adeodato Toselli da Cuneo/Diodata di Cuneo, d. 1764) OFM. Italian Observant friar from the San Tommaso Apostolo province. lector of philosophy in the provincia de'sette Martiri in Calabria. Later a sevenyear stint as theology lector, completed with defending theses for his magisterium. Renowned preacher and popular missionary in the Piemonte region and elsewhere. He died in Turin in 1764. Productive author.
OFM Italian ( - 1764)
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Adeodatus Venetus (Adjuto a Venetiis/Adiuto da Venezia/Bernardino Doggini, d. 1753) Adeodatus Venetus (Adjuto a Venetiis/Adiuto da Venezia/Bernardino Doggini, d. 1753) OFMRef. Italian friar and member of the Venetian Sant'Antonio Riformati province. Long-term lector of philosophy and theology, as well as teacher of Greek and Hebrew in the seminary of the archdiocese. He died at Venice on 21 January 1753.
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Adrianus Adriae (Adrianus ab Adria/Adria d’Adria/Francesco da Vicenza, d. 1781) Adrianus Adriae (Adrianus ab Adria/Adria d’Adria/Francesco da Vicenza, d. 1781) OFMRef. Italian (Venetian) friar and member of the Venetian Sant'Antonio Riformati province. After working as a missionary and a lector on Cyprus and Cairo, he continued teaching philosophy and theology in his home province. Due to his sound doctrinal reputation, he was asked to become a consultant for the Vatican and a visitator of the church province of Trent. Eventually he became the ‘house’ theologian for the ca...
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Adrianus Bratkovvicz (Adrianus Bratkowicz/Adriano Bratkovvicz da Isilz/Izcnsi, d. 1639) Adrianus Bratkovvicz (Adrianus Bratkowicz/Adriano Bratkovvicz da Isilz/Izcnsi, d. 1639) OFMConv. Polish friar. After studies in his home province, he was sent to Rome, where he studied at the Collegium S. Bonaventurae from 1614 onwards. Afterwards he was active as a teacher/regent lector in Cessena, Vienna, Pizdra and Cracow. Known for his sanctity as well as for his learning, he was elected provincial minister in Poland in 1626. He died early March 1639.
OFMConv Polish ( - 1639)
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Adrianus Hofstadius (Ariaan Verhofstad/Hochstaden/Van der Hofstad, ca. 1540-1595) Adrianus Hofstadius (Ariaan Verhofstad/Hochstaden/Van der Hofstad, ca. 1540-1595) OFM. Belgian/Dutch friar. Probably born in Louvain around 1540. he is found as a young mendicant preacher in Utrecht in 1564, to replace the renowned Franciscan preacher Bartholomaeus of Middelburg, who had died. Adrianus was also active as a preacher in Amsterdam before 1570. From that year onwards, he taught at the Franciscan Studium Theologicum of Louvain, where he taught fellow friars and lay people. From 1572...
OFM Belgian/Dutch
fl. 16th cent. (ca. 1540 - 1595)
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Adrianus Hubertus (Adrianus Huberti/Adriaen Hubertus/Adrien Hubert, fl. first half 17th cent.) Adrianus Hubertus (Adrianus Huberti/Adriaen Hubertus/Adrien Hubert, fl. first half 17th cent.) OFM. Belgian friar from Antwerp and member of the Lower Germany province. Provincial secretary and guardian of several friars. Wrote in Dutch and Latin.
OFM Belgian
fl. first half 17th cent.
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Adrianus Kozlovicz (Adriano Kozlovicz Polaccho, fl. 17th cent.) Adrianus Kozlovicz (Adriano Kozlovicz Polaccho, fl. 17th cent.) OFMConv. Polish friar. Author of a work in the Polish vernacular, known in Latin as the Cimelia animarum Christianarum (Warshaw: typis Scolarum Piarum, 1688), dedicated to the abbess Iustina Oraczouka.
OFMConv Polish
fl. 17th cent.
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Adrianus Leemans ( fl. first half 18th cent.) Adrianus Leemans ( fl. first half 18th cent.) OFMRec. Belgian friar, member of the Germania Inferioris province, and missionary in China in the 1720s.
OFMRec Belgian
fl. first half 18th cent.
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Adrianus Papuzynski (Adriano Papuzynski Polaccho, fl. 17th cent.) Adrianus Papuzynski (Adriano Papuzynski Polaccho, fl. 17th cent.) OFMConv. Polish friar, known for a published funerary eulogy, held at the funeral of Catterina of Zakliczyn, entitled Laetitia mortuorum (Cracow: Typis Petricovianis, 1660).
OFMConv Polish
fl. 17th cent.
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Adrianus Schindler (fl. second half 17th cent.) Adrianus Schindler (fl. second half 17th cent.) OFMRef. German (Bohemian) friar and member of the Wencesclas province. Preacher and religious author.
OFMRef German
fl. second half 17th cent.
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Adrianus Seriewicz (Serjewicz Adrjan, fl. first half 18th cent.) Adrianus Seriewicz (Serjewicz Adrjan, fl. first half 18th cent.) OFM. Polish Bernardine friar and preacher.
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fl. first half 18th cent.
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Adrianus Wildenaulensis (Adrian von Wildenau, fl. second half 17th cent.) Adrianus Wildenaulensis (Adrian von Wildenau, fl. second half 17th cent.) OFMCap. German Capuchin friar and member of the Bavarian province; theologian and canonist. Active as preacher, lector, guardian, provincial definitor, custos and provincial minister (2x). As provincial minister, he would have defended the Capuchin way of life against external attacks. He became blind later in life.
OFMCap German
fl. second half 17th cent.
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Adrianus de Malines (Adriaan van Mechelen, fl. ca. 1545) Adrianus de Malines (Adriaan van Mechelen, fl. ca. 1545) OFM. Belgian Observant friar. Probably from Mechelen (Malines). In and after 1543 active in Brussels as member of the Observant Franciscan friary (provincia Germania Inferioris ). Known for two vernacular texts, respectively on confession and on communion. Aside, he republished Hendrik Herp’s Spiegel der Volcomenheyt , changing the title and the style of the work.
OFM Belgian
fl. ca. 1545
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Adrianus de Maringues (Adrien de Maringues, fl. 17th cent.) Adrianus de Maringues (Adrien de Maringues, fl. 17th cent.) OFMRec. French friar. Spiritual author. Known for his Exercices spirituels très utiles et propres pour conduire les âmes religieuses et séculieres à la perfection des actions des jours, des semaines, et des mois de l’années (Lyon, 1659), written for Poor Clares. Heavy emphasis on devotion for the holy heart. The work is accessible via Google Books
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fl. 17th cent.
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Adrianus de Nancaeo (Adrien de Nancy, d. 1745 ) Adrianus de Nancaeo (Adrien de Nancy, d. 1745 ) OFMCap. French friar from Lorraine. Born at Nancy. Fulfilled several functions in his order (a.o. lector, guardian, definitor and custos). Theological and spiritual author.
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Advocatus Balla (fl. ca. 1700) Advocatus Balla (fl. ca. 1700) OFMRef. Italian friar. Author of the Riflessioni Giuridiche Per li RR.PP. Minori Oss. Riformati del Sacro Monte di Varallo Prouincia di Milano. CONTRO Li Signori Fabricieri, e Communità di quel luogo (Place of printing unknown: ca. 1710-20).
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fl. ca. 1700
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Aegidius Assisiensis (Egidio di Assisi, ca. 1190-1262) Aegidius Assisiensis (Egidio di Assisi, ca. 1190-1262) OM. Italian friar. Originally a farmer, he became (after an unknown man from Assisi, Bernard of Quintavalle and a further unknown convert who died rather quickly) the fourth disciple of Francis, on 23 April 1208. Throughout his life, he displayed a special love for manual work and poverty. Before and after Francis's death he lead an itinerant life as preacher and mystic, and travelled through Italy, Northern Africa and the Near East. Eventu...
OM Italian
fl. 13th cent. (ca. 1190 - 1262)
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Aegidius Baerdemakere (Gilles Barbiers, d. 1494 ) Aegidius Baerdemakere (Gilles Barbiers, d. 1494 ) OM. Belgian (Flemish) friar. Was sent to Paris to finish his degree studies for the order. Obtained the theology licence and the magisterium theologiae in 1470. After his return to his home province, he became custos of Flanders and subsequently sufragan bishop of Tournai (assisting bishop Ferry de Clugny). On April 3, 1476, he was selected for the episcopal see of Sarepta, and he was consecrated at Bruges on June 30 of that same year. He died a...
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Aegidius Caillou (Gilles Caillou, fl. first half 16th cent.) Aegidius Caillou (Gilles Caillou, fl. first half 16th cent.) OFM. French friar. According to Wadding and Juan de San Antonio, he translated into French letters of Basil and Jerome, as well as a work on widows mentioned in the Bible (Catalogum Viduarum tam Veteris quam Novi Testamenti). Also author of a translation of the Recognitiones Papae Clementis . He was present at the death of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarra and, according to Florimond de Raemond’s Histoire de l’hérésie (1610) VII,...
OFM French
fl. first half 16th cent.
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Aegidius Chaysius (Gilles Choisy, fl. first half 17th cent.) Aegidius Chaysius (Gilles Choisy, fl. first half 17th cent.) OFM. French friar from Avignon.
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fl. first half 17th cent.
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