WRITERS OF THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR

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ADAM of BOCKFIELD (or Bocfeldius), an Englishman and Master of Sacred Theology, was a distinguished PeripateticA follower of Aristotle’s philosophy.. He wrote commentaries:
On the Books of Topics.
On the Books of the Heavens and the Earth.
On the Books of Generation and Corruption.
On the Books of Meteorology.
On the Books of Metaphysics.
I possess manuscripts of all these except for the last one on Metaphysics.

ADAM BURVINCH, a German from Dürenoriginal: "Marcoduro" and a member of the Regular Observance in the Province of Cologne, served at times as the Guardian of his home friary and a Professor of Sacred Theology. He published:
A Directory, or Instruction for the Brothers of the Cord (or Cingulum) of Saint Francis. Printed at Mainz by Nicolaus Heil in the year 1640.

ADAM GODDAM (called Godham by some, Godhamen by others), an Englishman and Doctor of Sacred Theology and Professor at Oxford. As John Major writes (History of the Scots, book 4, chapter 27), he spent the greatest part of his life in London, Norwich, and Oxford. John Pits (On English Writers, year 1320) calls him a man of blameless life, great gravity, sharp wit, and profound judgment. Pits says he was so highly regarded in Theology that very influential doctors, especially Pierre Tataret, frequently cited him in their writings, and everyone venerated his erudition combined with various virtues. Indeed, he wrote much, but only these remain:
Four Books on the Master of the Sentences. The "Sentences" by Peter Lombard was the standard medieval theology textbook. They begin with the words, For so is the law of Adam, O Lord. original: "Ita enim est lex Adami, Domine." This was a common pun on the author's name. They were published in Paris in 1512 by Jean Gappius. Henri Willot writes in his Athenae that some of his works are preserved in manuscript in the Library of the Jesuit Fathers at Leuven; Pits asserts he saw others in the Franciscan Library at Namur. He flourished in the year 1320.

ADAM ANIOL (or Haniol), from Mainz, a DefinitorAn elected administrator or counselor within a religious province. of the Province of Cologne.
He translated the Life of St. Francis, composed by St. Bonaventure, into German. Published at Cologne by Johann Crythius in the year 1646.

ADAM THE IRISHMAN, whom Gregory of Rimini very frequently cites in his commentaries on the first and second books of the Sentences. John Major (History of the Scots, book 4, chapter 21) lists him among the famous men who emerged from the University of Oxford. He wrote:
On the Four Books of the Sentences.
Quodlibetal Questions. Discussions on "whatever you please"—public academic debates on diverse theological or philosophical topics.
He flourished around the year 1320.

ADAM MARSH (from the town of Marisco in the Somerset diocese of Bath), born in England. After studying Logic and Philosophy at Oxford, he joined the MinoritesThe Franciscans. at the very beginning of the Order's establishment. Sent to Oxford, he was created a Doctor of Theology and taught Theology there among his fellow brothers. His successor was Ralph Coleburg,

about whom we shall speak in his proper place. He was extremely dear to Robert, the Bishop of Lincoln Robert Grosseteste.. For Adam’s sake, the Bishop bequeathed the greatest part of his famous library to the Oxford friary. Furthermore, Adam became so famous for his sanctity and learning that he was eventually elected Bishop of Ely. He also served as a Papal Legate in England alongside John of Kent, a learned man of the same nation and religion. Henri Willot, in his Athenae, says he was initiated into the Order at the Worcester friary and was a fellow student of Saint Anthony of Padua under the Abbot of Vercelli; however, I have expressed my judgment on these matters elsewhere (in the Annals, year 1222, number 13). Pits affirms that he did not take possession of the aforementioned Bishopric, yet I have shown elsewhere that he did (Annals, year 1257, number 9). Matthew Paris (in his English History for the year 1257) praises the man, stating he was a literate person and mentions that he wrote many books. Because of his clear knowledge in every kind of the better disciplines, he commonly obtained the surname Enlightened Doctororiginal: "Doctoris illustrati", according to the custom of that age. He wrote:
An Elucidarium of Holy Scripture, in one book.
On certain books of Holy Scripture, in one book.
A Commentary on the Song of Songs, in one book.
A Paraphrase on Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, in one book.
Commentaries on the Master of the Sentences, in four books.
Theological Questions, in one book.
Ordinary Lectures, in one book.
A book of Letters to Robert Capito Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln.
Wilhelm Eisengrein (Catalog of Catholic Truth) calls him distinguished in morals and doctrine and the most noble of his age in all literature. He says that in the year when Koblenzoriginal: "Confluentia", at the junction of the Moselle and Rhine, was surrounded by a wall by Arnold, Count of Isenburg and Archbishop of Trier, Adam illustrated almost all the Biblical writings with very learned commentaries. Perhaps this is the same work as the Elucidarium of Holy Scripture already mentioned. Furthermore, the walls of Koblenz were constructed by Arnold around the year 1250, as Cratepolius writes (On the Archbishops of Trier). He flourished until the year 1260.

ADAM SASBOUT (commonly Sasbouth), born of a noble family in Delft, Holland, on December 21, 1516. Fully instructed in Latin, Greek, Poetry, and Rhetoric at Utrecht by Georgius Macropedius, he moved to Leuven while still a youth. There he added Hebrew letters and devoted himself to Theology under Jean Hasselius, a very learned man who died during the Council of Trent. Weary of the secular world, says Aubert Miraeus (in his Belgian Eulogies), and excelling among his peers, he "changed his sails" and began to contemplate a religious way of life. But as the deliberation regarding entering a certain course of life is usually the most difficult of all, many hesitant and troubled thoughts agitated the young man's mind. Thus, with pious men, including Tiemann of Geldrop, the head of the Pontifical College—