About Paulus Hungarus
Lived 1180 – 1242 (aged 61–62). Paulus Hungarus was a friar, canon law jurist and catholic theologian.
Paulus Hungarus (Paul the Hungarian; ca. 1180 - 10 February 1241) was a Hungarian friar of the Dominican Order who lived during the thirteenth century, and is author of the Summa poenitentiae, Hungarus also annotated Compilatio I-III, a collection of Canon law. Hungarus planned a network of monasteries throughout the Kingdom of Hungary to act as a bulwark against heresy, one of which is the Church of the Dominican Monastery in Segesvár (now Sighișoara, Romania).
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Who was Paulus Hungarus?
Hungarian friar
When was Paulus Hungarus born?
Paulus Hungarus was born in 1180.
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Paulus Hungarus died in 1242.
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Paulus Hungarus was a friar, canon law jurist and catholic theologian.
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