Franz von Retz
Franz von Retz (* around 1343 in Retz , Lower Austria ; † September 8, 1427 in Vienna ) was a Dominican and theologian.
Life
Between 1365 and 1371 Franz von Retz studied at the University of Vienna . After successfully completing his degree, he taught as a Sententiarius and was later awarded a master's degree and doctor theologiae in 1388 .
As Duke Albrecht III. founded the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna with effect from February 21, 1384 , he appointed Franz von Retz together with Heinrich von Langenstein and Heinrich Totting von Oyta as lecturers. Until 1424 he taught at the University of Vienna and was dean of the theological faculty five times . He was Johannes Nider's teacher .
Franz von Retz reformed the Dominican order in Germany and oriented himself a. a. on the theories of Raimund von Capun . He also acted several times as the university's spokesman (negotiator) towards the sovereign. He is regarded as the third founder of the Dominican Convention in Retz. He was also vicar general of the Austrian and Reformed Hungarian monasteries.
Together with Petrus Deckinger, he represented the university at the Council of Pisa in 1409 and participated in the preparations for the Council of Constance .
In 1427 he died in the name of holiness.
Works
They are mostly only available in handwritten form and are practically oriented.
- Comestorium vitiorum . Nuremberg 1470
- Comestorium beatae Virginis
- Comments on Proverbia , Pater Noster , Ave Maria and Salve Regina .
- Defensorium inviolatae perpetuaeque virginitatis castissimae genetricis Mariae . Basel 1487/88
literature
- Gundolf Gieraths: Franz von Retz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 372 ( digitized version ).
- Gallus M. Häfele: Franz von Retz. A contribution to the scholarly history of the Dominican Order and the University of Vienna at the end of the Middle Ages . Tyrolia, Innsbruck et al. 1918
- Gabriel M. Löhr: Franz v. Retz . In: Michael Buchberger (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 1st edition. tape 4 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1932.
- Ekkart Sauser: Franz von Retz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 404-405.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz von Retz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Franz von Retz in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franz von Retz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican reformer and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1343 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Retz , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1427 |
| Place of death | Vienna |