Palomar, John of
PALOMAR, JOHN OF
Spanish theologian; fl. 1431–43. Although he was one of the leading figures at the Council of basel, very little is known of his early life. He served successively as archdeacon of Barcelona, chaplain to Pope eugene iv, and auditor of the Sacred Palace. With John of ragusa he presided briefly over the Council of Basel from July 1431 until the return of Cardinal cesarini from Bohemia. After 1433 Palomar was engaged in debate with the Hussites at the council over the Church's right to possess goods and temporal jurisdiction. He was also one of a small group led by Cesarini who defended the principle of papal supremacy against the proponents of conciliarism, defending the basic dictum that the See of Peter may be judged by no one. His Scriptum contra Basileense concilium (MS Paris, B.N. lat. 1442) was a bitter rejection of the council's decrees and claims to superiority.
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