Also known as:
German: Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl;
Latin: Nicolaus Pruntzlein, Nicolaus de Dinkelsbühl, Nicolaus de Prunczlein
NICHOLAS (Pruntzlein) of Dinkelsbühl. - Theologian, b. at Dinkelsbühl ca. 1360, d. at Vienna on 17 March 1433. Magister theologiae in 1409, he was three times dean of the Faculty of Theology and in 1405-1406 rector of the University of Vienna, of which he was considered a second founder, since with his teaching of philosophy and law (until 1431) he made it an authority in legal and political questions.
He was a canon of the cathedral of St. Stephen and was buried there before the altar of St. John the Evangelist. From 1406 to 1414 he was the tutor of Duke Albert V of Austria and until his death his confessor. In 1405 he was sent as legate to the antipope Innocent VII in Rome. He took part (1414-18) in the Council of Constance as legate of Duke Albert V and there delivered a famous speech before the emperor Sigismund for the end of the schism. He was a member of the commission that elected Martin V (8 Nov. 1417) and addressed a solemn allocution to the newly elected pope. He presided over the interrogation of Jerome of Prague; in 1422-24 he taught in the monastery of Melk, but then he returned to Vienna. He fought energetically against the heresies of Wycliff and of Huss. His fame as a preacher lasted a long time and he was hailed by his contemporaries as Lux Sueviae.
Of his numerous works (manuscripts at Vienna, Munich, Melk, Subiaco) few have been printed, among them: Postilla evangeliorum dominicalium (Strasbourg 1496); Collecta et praedicata de Passione D. N. Iesu Christi (Speyer 1473).
Bibliography3 worksM. Kropf, Bibliotheca Mellicensis, Vienna 1747, pp. 164-187; J. von Aschbach, Geschichte der Wiener Universität, I, ibid. 1865, pp. 430-40;
BIBL.: M. Kropf, Bibliotheca Mellicensis, Vienna 1747, pp. 164-187; J. von Aschbach, Geschichte der Wiener Universität, I, ibid. 1865, pp. 430-40; Fr. Schäffauer, Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl als Prediger, in Theologische Quartalschrift, 115 (1934), pp. 405-39, 516-47 (with an exhaustive bibliography).
Kühn, Steinhausen Hermine. “Nicola (Pruntzlein) di Dinkelsbühl.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 1844–1845. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/nicola-pruntzlein-di-dinkelsbuhl.
MLA
Kühn, Steinhausen Hermine. “Nicola (Pruntzlein) di Dinkelsbühl.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1844–1845. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/nicola-pruntzlein-di-dinkelsbuhl.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec8_nicola_pruntzlein_di_dinkelsbu,
author = {Kühn, Steinhausen Hermine},
title = {Nicola (Pruntzlein) di Dinkelsbühl},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {1844--1845},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/nicola-pruntzlein-di-dinkelsbuhl}
}
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