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Although the author of Ars moriendi is not known, the book is believed to have been written in Southern Germany at the time of the Council of Constance (1414-1418). with Friar Reginaldette, Is noted for his position as a peritus at the Council of Basel in 1434 A.D..The title "Speculum finalis retributionis tam bonorum operum quam malorum" wass added by the translator Totani , but the information is taken from the text which follows. The Totani family is from L'Aquila in Italy, and perhaps it was the memory and example of St. Bernadine of Sienna, who had died there nearly a half century earlier, that prompted Friar Guillermo to preserve this work of Franciscan preaching, which is so characteristic of the reform in the Order of the Friars Minor, which the Saint had promoted.
Friar Reginaldette, Is noted for his position as a peritus at the Council of Basel in 1434 A.D..
The title "Speculum finalis retributionis tam bonorum operum quam malorum" wass added by the translator Totani , but the… Read More