André Dias de Escobar explained

André Dias de Escobar (Latin: Andreas Didaci de Escobar; c. 1366/67–c. 1448) was a Portuguese Benedictine theologian.

Born at Lisbon, Andreas de Escobar joined the Dominicans and then the Augustinians before becoming a Benedictine monk. He became doctor in theology at the University of Vienna in 1393. He became bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, bishop of Ajaccio in 1422 and bishop of Megara in 1428.^[1] He was one of the most widely printed authors of the late fifteenth century.^[2] Escobar served as a minor penitentiary in the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Roman curia.

Works

• Lumen confessorum
• Confessio minor seu Modus confitendi
• Confessio maior
• De decimis
• Canones penitentiales

Notes and References

1. Ken Pennington, Medieval and Early Modern Jurists: A Bio-Bibliographical Listing: 1298-1500 . Accessed 11 May 2013.
2. Book: Michael Milway. Robert James Bast . Andrew C. Gow . Heiko Augustinus Oberman . Continuity and Change: The Harvest of Late Medieval and Reformation History : Essays Presented to Heiko A. Oberman on His 70th Birthday. https://books.google.com/books?id=hrmdtE6EoKUC&pg=PA113. 11 May 2013. 2000. BRILL. 978-90-04-11633-7. 142. Forgotten best-sellers from the dawn of the Reformation.