RAMBERT OF PRIMADIZZI. - Dominican theologian, b. in Bologna, d. at Castello (Venice) on 8 Nov.
The first and seventh books are apocryphal, in which only the hero Rāma is regarded as an incarnation of Visnu. The content of the original Rāmāyaṇa is as follows: Daśaratha, king of Kosala (Oudh), had three wives and four sons, the eldest of whom, Rāma, was born of Kausalyā,
1308. He became a religious in his native city, studied at Bologna and Paris, and was a pupil of St Thomas Aquinas.
Master in theology, he taught at Paris and Bologna, where he was also consultor of the Holy Office (1288–91, 1299–1303). He took part in the General Chapter of Palencia (1291) and declared himself in favour of the Master General Munio of Zamora, whom Nicholas IV wished to depose. On 20 Feb. 1308 he was appointed Bishop of Castello. Having left Paris, he was obliged to write a commentary on the Sentences and perhaps, as a master, left some Quodlibeta; however, no record of these survives. Only his *Apologeticum veritatis contra corruptorum* is preserved. With this work, probably written in Paris, R. refutes all the criticisms that William of La Mare had levelled against St Thomas Aquinas, sparing neither other antinomians, such as Henry of Ghent, Matthew of Aquasparta, nor Giles of Rome.