Simon of Cremona

Simon of Cremona, a theological writer and celebrated preacher belonging to the Order of St. Augustine, date of birth unknown; d. at Padua, 1390. He flourished in the second half of the fourteenth century, and the field of his labors was Northern Italy, especially the Venetian territory. Excerpts from his sermons were published under the title “Postilla super Evangeliis et Epistolis Omnium Dominicarum” (Reutlingen, 1484). He left several works in manuscript, among which may be mentioned “In Quatuor Libros Sententiarum”, “Quaestiones de indulgentia Portiunculae”, and “Quaestiones de sanguine Christi”.

JAMES F. DRISCOLL