John of Wales
John of Wales , OFM (* 13th century in Wales ; † 1285 in Paris ), also known as John Waleys , was a Franciscan who wrote various Latin works that were widespread in medieval Europe.
Life
He became a Franciscan at a very young age and received his doctorate in theology around 1260 . After that he was a teacher at Oxford University . In 1270 he went to Paris, where he stayed until his death. He was a theologian and moral theologian and admired the ancient world.
Works
He has written various works in Latin. His main works are the following:
- Breviloquium de philosophia, sive sapientia sanctorum. Small treatise on philosophy , or wisdom of the saints; was translated into Catalan in the 15th century .
- Compendiloquium . small summary of the history of philosophy.
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Communiloquium or Summa collationum . A kind of manual for pastors and preachers; was also translated into Catalan in the 14th century .
- Digitized version of the
- Digitized version of the Ulm 1481 edition
- Digitized version of the Strasbourg 1489 edition
- e-text of the Augsburg 1475 edition
literature
- Erwin Rauner: Art. Johannes Gallensis (Guallensis, Vallensis, John of Wales) OFM, Homilitiker, Lektor († 1285) , In: Lexikon des Mittelalters 5 (1991), Sp. 577.
- Peter Lebrecht Schmidt: The Compendiloquium of Johannes Vallensis - the first medieval history of ancient literature? , in: DH Green, LP Johnson, Dieter Wuttke (eds.): From Wolfram and Petrarch to Goethe and Grass. Studies in Literature in Honor of Leonard Forster . Saecula Spiritalia 5, Baden-Baden 1982, pp. 109-123.
Web links
- Article about John of Wales in www.kirchenlexikon.de (in German) ( Memento from June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Article on John of Wales in the Catalan Encyclopedia (in Catalan)
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SURNAME | John of Wales |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | John Waleys; Johannes Guallensis |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British theologian of the Franciscan Order |
DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
DATE OF DEATH | 1285 |
Place of death | Paris |