John Foxal
John Foxal (c. 1415–1474),
Life
Also known as Ioannes Anglicus ('John the Englishman'), Foxal was ordained a
On 16 December 1471, Pope Sixtus IV appointed Foxal to succeed John Bole as archbishop of Armagh. Bole had left the archdiocese bankrupt and Foxal had to borrow 1,100 florins from Italian bankers like the Bardi. Although Foxal received the pallium and was consecrated as a bishop in England after the spring of 1472, he was unable to actually take possession of the archdiocese because of his financial problems.[5] He appointed proctors to govern the see while he stayed in London trying to raise funds.[1] He was dead by 23 November 1474 and his successor, Edmund Connesburgh, was appointed on 5 June 1475.[6]
Works
The following works have been attributed to Foxal:
- Commentarium in I Sententiarum Scoti, a commentary on the first book of Duns Scotus' Opus Oxoniense, found in a single manuscript[7][8]
- Commentarium in Porphyrium Scoti, found in many manuscripts and printed at Venice in 1483 and again in 1492[9]
- A collection of works found only in the manuscript Vat. lat. 9402, which also has a copy of the Commentarium in Porphyrium Scoti:
- Tractatus de cognitione Dei per creaturas[7][10]
- Tractatus de potentia obiectiva et subiectiva[7][10]
- Tractatus de triplici genere actionis[7][11]
- Tractatus de propositione per se nota[7][12]
- Tractatus de productione creaturae[7][12]
- Tractatus de duplici principio et quadruplici modo principandi[7][13]
- Tractatus de oppositis actis voluntatis[7][14]
- Opusculum de primis et secundis intentionibus, known only from the writings of Giovanni Giacinto Sbaraglia[14][15]
- Tractatus de distinctionibus et formalitatibus (or Tractatus de formalitatibus et distinctionibus), a work referred to in the Commentarium in Porphyrium Scoti[14][16]
- Flores e libris Posteriorum Analyticorum Aristotelis, found in three manuscripts and printed at Venice in 1509[16][17]
- Expositio super Metaphysicam Antonii Andreae, found in a single incomplete copy[16][18]
- Tractatus de octo speciebus distinctionis actionum (or Tractatus de octo generibus vel modis actionum), a work referred to in the Commentarium in Porphyrium Scoti[19]
- Expositio Universalium Scoti, printed at Venice in 1508 and 1512[16]
- Expositio super Conflatum Francisci Mayronis, a hypothetical work[20]
Notes
- ^ a b c Beresford 2009.
- ^ Millett 1999–2000, p. 22.
- ^ Millett 1999–2000, pp. 22–24.
- ^ Etzkorn 1989, pp. 17–20.
- ^ Millett 1999–2000, pp. 25–27.
- ^ Millett 1999–2000, p. 26. Etzkorn 1989, p. 18, gives a death date of 5 December 1475.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Millett 1999–2000, p. 28.
- ^ Etzkorn 1989, p. 20.
- ^ Etzkorn 1989, pp. 20–21.
- ^ a b Etzkorn 1989, p. 21.
- ^ Etzkorn 1989, pp. 21–22.
- ^ a b Etzkorn 1989, p. 22.
- ^ Etzkorn 1989, pp. 22–23.
- ^ a b c Etzkorn 1989, p. 23.
- ^ Millett 1999–2000, pp. 28–29.
- ^ a b c d Millett 1999–2000, p. 29.
- ^ Etzkorn 1989, pp. 23–24.
- ^ Etzkorn 1989, p. 24.
- ^ Millett 1999–2000, p. 29, treats these as one work, but Etzkorn 1989, p. 24, as potentially two.
- ^ Etzkorn 1989, p. 24, also lists a dubious work under the title Spiraculum Francisci de Mayronis.
Bibliography
- Beresford, David (2009). "Foxhals (Foxhalls, Foxholes), John". .
- Etzkorn, Girard J. (1989). "John Foxal, O.F.M.: His Life and Writings". Franciscan Studies. 49: 17–24. JSTOR 41968790.
- Millett, Benignus (1999–2000). "John Foxholes, Franciscan, Archbishop of Armagh 1471–74". Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society. 18 (1): 22–29. JSTOR 29742691.
- Smith, Garrett R.; Van Croesdijk, Benno (2015). "Newly Identified Treatises by John Foxal". Bulletin de Philosophie Medievale. 57: 335–381. .