Nicholas Sanders
Nicholas Sanders (* 1530 in Charlewood , Surrey , † 1581 in Ireland ) was an English Catholic theologian and polemicist .
Life
Sanders was educated in Oxford and taught Tudor Canon Law there under the reign of Mary I. In 1559 he fled to Italy and became a priest there . For some time he joined Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius . 1565 was appointed professor of theology in Leuven . There he published some treatises in defense of papal authority over the Church. In 1572 he went to Rome and advised Pope Gregory XIII. on the situation of Catholicism in England . In 1577 he went to Spain to persuade Philip II to declare war on England. That year his Origin and Progress of the English Schism was published in Latin , a procatholic story of the Reformation in England. In 1579 he joined the Desmond Rebellion in Ireland as papal envoy . He died there after two years of persecution by government forces.
Works
- De visibili monarchia ecclesiae ( la ). John Fowler, Leuven 1571.
- De origine et progressu schismatis Anglicani , 1585.
literature
- Georg Kreuzer: Nicholas Sanders. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 1313-1314.
- TM Veech: Dr Nicholas Sanders and the English Reformation . 1935
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sanders, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English Catholic theologian and polemicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1530 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlewood , Surrey |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1581 |
| Place of death | Ireland |