Panormitanus
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Niccolò Tedeschi, O.S.B. | |
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Archbishop of Palermo | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Archdiocese of Palermo |
In office | 1434–1445 |
Predecessor | Rinaldo Brancaccio |
Personal details | |
Born | 1386 |
Died | 24 Feb 1445 Palermo, Italy |
Nicolò de' Tudeschi (Panormitanus)[1] (b. at Catania, Sicily, in 1386; d. at Palermo, 24 February 1445) was an Italian Benedictine canonist.
Life
In 1400 he entered the Order of St. Benedict; he was sent (1405-6) to the University of Bologna to study under Zabarella; in 1411 he became a doctor of canon law, and taught successively at Parma (1412–18), Siena (1419–30), and Bologna (1431–32). Meanwhile, in 1425, he was made abbot of the monastery of Maniace, near Messina, whence his name "Abbas", to which has been added "modernus" or "recentior" (in order to distinguish him from Bernard Of Montmirat, commonly referred to as "Abbas antiquus", a thirteenth-century canonist who died about 1288); Panormitanus is also known as "Abbas Siculus" on account of his Sicilian origin.
In 1433 he went to Rome where he exercised the functions of auditor of the Rota and Apostolic referendary. The following year he relinquished these offices and placed himself at the service of Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Sicily, obtaining the See of Palermo, whence his Latin name "Panormitanus" (Palermo in Latin is Panormus). He was confirmed by Pope Eugene IV on 9 March 1435 and consecrated bishop on 4 July.[2]
During the troubles that marred the pontificate of Eugene IV, Nicolò at first followed the party of this pontiff, whom he represented briefly at the Council of Basel; but subsequently he allied himself with the antipope Felix V who, in 1440, named him cardinal. Pius II, in an early work, depicts Panormitanus as lamenting that instructions from Alfonso made him oppose quick action to depose Eugene. Panormitanus represented the Council of Basel at imperial diets that discussed the fight between Eugene and the council.
Works
Medieval scholars referred to Panormitanus with the scholastic accolade of "lucerna juris" (lamp of the law), in honor of his works on canon law. In his "Tractatus de concilio Basileensi" he upheld the doctrine of the superiority of a general council to the pope. This was written for the 1442 Diet of Frankfurt, at which he was opposed by Nicholas of Cusa. His other works include:
- Lectura in Decretales
- In Sextum
- In Clementinas
- Consilia
- Quaestiones
- Repetitiones
- Disputationes, disceptationes et allegationes
- Flores utriusque juris
A fine edition of his works appeared at Venice in 1477; among later, frequent editions, that published in 1617-18 (Venice) in 10 folio volumes is especially notable. There also is a Lyon 1521-1522 edition of the Decretals commentary.
References
- Knut Wolfgang Norr, Kirche und Konzil bei Nicolaus de Tudeschis (Panormitanus) (Cologne, 1964).
- Johann Friedrich von Schulte, Die Gesch. der Quellen u. Lit. des canonischen Rechtes, II (Stuttgart, 1877), 312-313
- Sabbadini, Storia documentata della Reale Universita di Catania (Catania, 1898), 10 sq.
- Brandileone, Notizie su Graziano e su Niccolo de Tudeschis tratte da una cronaca inedita. Studi e memorie per la storia dell' Universita di Bologna, I (Bologna, 1909), i, 18-21.
- Casano, Alessandro (1849). Del Sotterraneo della chiesa cattedrale di Palermo (in Italian). Palermo: Solli. pp. 42–43.
Notes
- ^ "Abbas modernus" or "recentior", "abbas Panormitanus" or "Siculus".
- ^ Catholic-hierarchy.org: "Archbishop Niccolò Tedeschi" retrieved February 11, 2020
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nicolò de' Tudeschi". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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