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When Did Albert Pighius Die?

When Did Albert Pighius Die? WHEN DID ALBERT PIGHIUS DIE? ANTHONY N.S. LANE London Introduction Albert Pighius' (or Pigge) was born at Kampen, in Holland, around 1490. In 1507 he embarked on the study of philosophy and theology at Louvain, where he remained until 1517, after which he spent some time in Paris. At this stage Pighius was an Erasmian humanist and his early writings were all in the area of astronomy, but the direction of his life was changed in 1522 when one of his teachers at Louvain, Adrian Florents of Utrecht, became pope Adrian VI. He called Pighius to join him at Rome, where he turned his attention from science to theology. He remained at Rome after his master's early death and continued to serve the following two popes. At some stage in the early 1530s he returned to the Netherlands and in 1535 he became provost and archdeacon of St Jan's church at Utrecht, a post he continued to hold until his death shortly after Christmas, 1542, while writing an Apologia against Martin Bucer.2 But on which day did Pighius die? This query was prompted by a puzzling discrepancy in the secondary literature. The present study began For a general http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture) Brill

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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0028-2030
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1871-2401
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10.1163/002820392X00905
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WHEN DID ALBERT PIGHIUS DIE? ANTHONY N.S. LANE London Introduction Albert Pighius' (or Pigge) was born at Kampen, in Holland, around 1490. In 1507 he embarked on the study of philosophy and theology at Louvain, where he remained until 1517, after which he spent some time in Paris. At this stage Pighius was an Erasmian humanist and his early writings were all in the area of astronomy, but the direction of his life was changed in 1522 when one of his teachers at Louvain, Adrian Florents of Utrecht, became pope Adrian VI. He called Pighius to join him at Rome, where he turned his attention from science to theology. He remained at Rome after his master's early death and continued to serve the following two popes. At some stage in the early 1530s he returned to the Netherlands and in 1535 he became provost and archdeacon of St Jan's church at Utrecht, a post he continued to hold until his death shortly after Christmas, 1542, while writing an Apologia against Martin Bucer.2 But on which day did Pighius die? This query was prompted by a puzzling discrepancy in the secondary literature. The present study began For a general

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Published: Jan 1, 2000

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