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{{Short description|Italian Friar Minor, theologian and bishop}}
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'''Peter''' "'''Scotellus'''" '''of Aquila''' (or '''Peter of Tornimparte'''; d. 1361) was an Italian [[Friar Minor]], theologian and bishop.

Peter was born at [[L'Aquila]] in the [[Abruzzo]], Italy, towards the end of the 13th century.  In 1334 he figures as a Master of Theology and as [[provincial superior|Minister Provincial]] of his Order for [[Tuscany]]. In 1334 he was appointed [[confessor]] to Queen [[Joan I of Naples]] and shortly afterwards Inquisitor for Florence. His servants having been punished by public authority, the Inquisitor excommunicated the priors and placed the town under [[interdict]].

On 12 February 1347, Peter was named [[Bishop of S. Angelo de Lombardi]] in [[Calabria]], and, on 30 May 1348, was transferred to the [[Diocese of Trivento]], where he remained until the end of his life.

He was an able interpreter of [[John Duns Scotus]], and was called ''Doctor Sufficiens''. His chief works are commentaries on the four books of ''[[Sentences]]'', which being a compendium of the doctrine of Scotus were called ''Scotellum'', whence the author's surname "Scotellus". The commentaries have passed through various editions, the first by [[Peter Drach]], at Speier, 1480, and by [[Paolini]] (Genoa, 1907–09).

==References==
*[[Eubel]], ''Bullarium Franciscanum'', VI (Rome, 1902), 192, 214
*Analecta Franciscana, IV ([[Quaracchi]], 1906), 339, 530
*[[Luke Wadding]], Annales Minorum, ad a. 1343, n. 35; ad a. 1346, nn, 4, 5 
*Wadding, Scriptores Ord. Min. (Rome, 1806), 187
*[[Sbaralea]], Supplem. Ad Script. Ord. Min. (Rome, 1806), 583
*[[Giammaria Mazzucchelli]], {{lang|it|Gli scrittori d'Italia}}, II (Brescia, 1753), 902-3 
*Cappalletti, Le chiese d'Italia, XX (Venice, 1866), 551.

==External links==
*[http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franautp.htm#_Toc426118534 Petrus de Aquila (de Aquileia, Scotellus/doctor sufficiens, d. 1361)] from [http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/ FRANCISCAN AUTHORS, 13TH - 18TH CENTURY: A CATALOGUE IN PROGRESS], Bert Roest and Maarten van der Heijden
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11772a.htm Peter of Aquila] - [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] article
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