Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvár

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Pelbartus Ladislaus de Temesvár (or Temeswar) (1430 – 9 January 1504) was a

writer and preacher.

Life

He was born in 1430 in

, the Hungarian capital city. After 1483 his writings began to be published in print. The first printed edition of his Sermons dates from 1498. In 1503 a printed version of his lecture notes was published. Pelbartus died on 9 January 1504 in Buda, as a highly distinguished author and professor. Hungarian versions of his writings in manuscript date from 1510.

Works

He is remembered for two kinds of texts: sermons (many of them treating the

.

Editions

• Expositio Compendiosa et Familiaris Sensum Litteralem et Mysticum Complectens Libri Psalmorum, Hymnorum, Soliloquorum Regii Prophetae, item Expositio Canticorum V. et N. Testamenti, Symboli Athanasii, Hymni Universales Creaturae (a.o.
  Hagenau
  , 1504 and 1513).
• Pomerium Sermonum de Tempore (s.l., 1489/
  Hagenau
  , 1498 and 1500). There are other editions as well, possibly 12, between 1501 and 1520.
• Pomerium Sermonum de Sanctis (a.o.
  Hagenau
  , 1499 and 1500). 11 editions between 1501 and 1520.
• Pomerium Sermonum Quadragesimalium/Qauadragesimale Triplex (a.o.
  Hagenau
  , 1499 and 1500). Nine editions before 1520.
• Sermones (Nuremberg, 1483/s.l., 1486).
• Stellarium Coronae Mariae Virginis (a.o. Hagenau, Heinrich Gran and Johannes Rynman, 2 Maii, 1498/ Strasbourg, 1496/Basel, Jacobus Wolff de Pforzheim, 1497–1500).
• Aureum Sacrae Theologiae Rosarium iuxta Quattuor Sententiarum Libros Pariformiter Quadripartitum (4 books) IV Vol. (
  Hagenau: Heinrich Gran, 1503-1508/Venice, 1586 and 1589/Brescia, 1590). This work has been finished by Oswald of Lasko. It is a dogmatic work where Pelbartus comments upon Scottist texts. Has references to Duns Scotus, St. Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, and William of Vorrilon
  .

Bibliography

• Z. J. Kosztolnyik, Some Hungarian Theologians in the Late Renaissance, Church History. Volume: 57. Issue: 1, 1988.
• Z. J. Kosztolnyik, Pelbartus of Temesvar: a Franciscan Preacher and Writer of the Late Middle Ages in Hungary, Vivarium, 5/1967.
• Kenan B. Osborne, O.F.M., The History of Franciscan Theology, The Franciscan Institute St. Bonaventure, New York City, 1994.
• Franklin H. Littell (ed.), Reformation Studies, John Knox Press, Richmond, Virginia, 1962.

References

External links

• Page in Hungarian language