John of Wales

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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.
  • Communiloquium or Summa collationum . A kind of manual for pastors and preachers; was also translated into Catalan in the 14th century .

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.

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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