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Report No. r377

Johannes de Turrecremata

1388–1468

 

Alternative Names

Torquemada; Juan de (LC); Joannes de Turrecremata; Johannes de Turre Cremata; Joannes de Turre Cremata; Juan de Torquemada; Johannes Hispanus de Turrecremata; Jean de Torquemada; Johann von Brandenturn

 

Biography/Description

A Dominican born at Valladolid in 1388, Johannes was the foremost defender of the papal monarchy against the conciliarist movement. Originally trained as a theologian at Salamanca and Paris in the 1420’s, he transferred to the papal curia in 1431 and the involvement in the political struggles soon led him to study the sources of canon law. The principal outcome was his commentary on Gratian’s Decretum, finished in 1464. He became cardinal in 1439 and died at Rome in 1468.

 

Entry by: KP rev BP 2015

 

Text(s)

 
No. 1

Apparatus super decretum Florentinum unionis Graecorum.

 
No. 2

Commentaria super Decreto.

 
No. 3

Nova compilatio Decreti.

 
No. 4

Questiones.

 
No. 4a

Questio de dercreto irritante quod attentabatur Basileae contra summum pontificem in materia provisionum et collationum beneficiorum.

 
No. 4b

An papa debeat iurare servare decreta de conciliis generalibus continuandis et electionibus confirmandis.

 
No. 4c

An liceat appellare a concilio ad papam.

 
No. 5

Summa de ecclesia.

 
No. 6

Expositio regulae S. Benedicti.

 

Text(s) – Early Printed Editions

No. 1

Apparatus super decretum Florentinum unionis Graecorum.

 
Early Printed Editions

Venezia, 1561.

 
 

Roma: J. Fontanini, 1726.

 
No. 2

Commentaria super Decreto.

 
Early Printed Editions

Lyon, 1516.

 
 

Lyon, 1519.

 
 

Venezia, 1524.

 
 

Roma, 1524.

 
 

Lyon, 1555.

 
 

Venezia, 1578.

 
No. 4a

Questio de dercreto irritante quod attentabatur Basileae contra summum pontificem in materia provisionum et collationum beneficiorum.

 
Early Printed Editions

Venezia, 1563.

 
 

Sacrorum conciliorum collectio. Venezia: J. Mansi, 1792, 30.550-90.

 
No. 4b

An papa debeat iurare servare decreta de conciliis generalibus continuandis et electionibus confirmandis.

 
Early Printed Editions

Sacrorum conciliorum collectio. Venezia: J. Mansi, 1792, 30.599-606.

 
No. 4c

An liceat appellare a concilio ad papam.

 
Early Printed Editions

Sacrorum conciliorum collectio. Venezia: J. Mansi, 1792, 30.1072-93.

 
No. 5

Summa de ecclesia.

 
Early Printed Editions

Köln, 1480.

 
 

Roma, 1489.

 
 

Lyon, 1495.

 
 

Lyon, 1496.

 
 

Salamanca, 1560.

 
 

Venezia, 1561.

 
No. 6

Expositio regulae S. Benedicti.

 
Early Printed Editions

Paris, 1491.

 
 

Venezia, 1500.

 
 

Rouen, 1510.

 
 

Paris, 1514.

 
 

Köln, 1575.

 

Text(s) – Modern Editions

No. 1

Apparatus super decretum Florentinum unionis Graecorum.

 
Modern Editions

Ed. E. Candal in Concilium Florentinum, documenta et scriptores, Ser. B, v.2, fasc.1 (Roma 1942).

 
No. 5

Summa de ecclesia.

 
Modern Editions

Translated in , ed. T. Izbicki A Disputation on the Authority of Pope and Council (Dominican Sources: New editions in English 4; Oxford 1988).

 

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