Martin Szentiványi (born at Szentiván, present-day
Liptovský Ján
Liptovský Ján (; hu, Szentiván) is a spa village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1263 in historical records. Its traditional name was ' ...
, 20 October 1633 and died at Nagyszombat, present-day
Trnava
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, 5 March 1708) was a polymathic Hungarian
Jesuit
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writer and theologian. His 4000 page work, titled ''Miscellanea'', brings papers from all fields of science.
Life
He entered the Society of Jesus in 1653, and was professor of Scripture for five years at
Vienna
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and Nagyszombat, professor of mathematics and philosophy for nine years, and professor of canon law and theology for seven years. For seven years he filled the office of the chancellor of the
University of Nagyszombat, and in addition was for nine successive years governor of the
Pázmáneum
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in Vienna and of the academy at Nagyszombat.
Works
His numerous writings appeared in
Hungarian,
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, and
Slovak, and some were translated into
French
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. They include:
*"Curiosiora et selectiora variarum scientiarum miscellanea in tres partes divisa" (Tyrnau, 1689);
*"Dissertationes septem, etc." (Tyrnau, 1689);
*"Rectus modus interpretandi scripturam sacram" (Tyrnau, 1696);
*"Summarium chronologiæ Hungariæ" (Tyrnau, 1697);
*"Hungaria in immaculatum conceptionem b. Mariæ Virginis magnæ dominæ suæ credens et iuvans" (Tyrnau, 1701);
*"Doctrinæ fidei christianæ" (Louvain, 1708);
*"Lutheranicum numquam et nusquam" (Tyrnau, 1702);
*"Relatio satatus futuro vitæ" (Tyrnau, 1699);
*"Dissertationes hæresiologico-polemicæ de hæresiarchis; hæresibus, et erroribus in fide dogmatibus, hoc sæculo nostro" (Tyrnau, 1701);
*"Solutiones catholicæ, etc." (Tyrnau, 1701);
*"Quinquaginta rationes et motiva cur in tanta varietate religionum et confessionum fidei in christianitate moderno tempore vigentium, sola religio Romano-catholica sit eligenda et omnibus aliis preferenda" (Tyrnau, 1701; German and Hungarian, Tyrnau, 1702).
References
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**SZINNYEI, Magyar irók (Hungarian Authors), XIII, 741–45, contains a complete list of his works and a bibliography.
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1633 births
1708 deaths
People from Liptovský Mikuláš District
17th-century Hungarian Jesuits
18th-century Hungarian Jesuits