Simon of Cremona

Simon of Cremona (d. in Padua, 1390) was a writer and well-known preacher of the Augustinian Order. He worked during the late fourteenth century in Northern Italy, especially in Venice.

Works

Excerpts from his sermons were published under the title of Postilla super Evangliis et Epistolis Omnium Dominicarum. These excerpts include:

• In Quatuor Libros Sententiarum
• Quaestiones de indulgentia Portiunculaee
• Quaestiones de sanguine Christi

From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia

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 labours was Northern Italy, especially the Venetian territory. Excerpts from his sermons were published under the title "Postilla super Evangliis et Epistolis Omnium Dominicarum" (Reutlingen, 1484). He left several works in manuscript, among which may be mentioned "In Quatuor Libros Sententiarum", "Quæstiones de indulgentia Portiunculæe" and "Quæstiones de sanguine Christi".

OSSINGER, Bibl. August. (Ingolstadt, 1768), 275 sqq.