Leonini of Padua, fl 1332-1360 (Augustinian scholar)
Person
Dates
- Existence: fl 1332 - 1360
Biography
The earliest mention of Fr. Leonini de Padua is as a definitor of the Marca Trevigiana at a chapter-general of the Augustinian order which met in Venice during 1332. He taught theology at Padua and is thought to have died some time around 1360. Fr. Leonini compiled an abbreviation of the De regimine principum composed by the Augustinian Egidio Romano and also wrote a Decas Loyca, and an illuminated manuscript of this work was in the Augustinians' library at Padua in the seventeenth century.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
MS 133: Decas Loyca by Leonino of Padua, late 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 133
Contents
MS 133 is intriguing, as it seems to be the unique surviving manuscript of Leonini of Padua's Decas Loyca, although it is still only a part of the full text. Augustinian friar Leonino of Padua is first mentioned in 1332, holding a post at an annual meeting of the Augustinian Order in Venice. By 1360 he had become a Doctor of Theology as was teaching in Padua. His Decas Loyca was written probably in the late 1350s, in which he...
Dates:
late 14th century