Nicolaus Ferber

Nicolaus Ferber (1485 – 15 April 1534) was a German Franciscan and controversialist.

Life Ferber was born at Herborn, Germany. He was made provincial of the Franciscan province of Cologne.

At the instance of the bishops of Denmark, he was called to Copenhagen to champion the Catholic cause against Danish Lutheranism. He died at Toulouse.

Works

In Copenhagen he wrote in 1530, the Confutatio Lutheranismi Danici, first edited by L. Schmitt, S.J., and published at Quaracchi (1902), which earned for him the sobriquet of 'Stagefyr' (fire-brand). published at Cologne in 1528, with additions in 1529.

Publications

Eyn Sendtbrieff durch einen Gardian barfüsser ordenns zu Marpurg mit namen Nicolaus Ferber an den christlichen Fürsten Philippen von Gottes Gnaden Landgraven zu Hessen: Und desselben Fürsten christl. ... antwort ... (1525) Assertiones CCCXXV adversus Fr. Lamberti paradoxa impia etc. (Cologne, 1526, and Paris, 1534)