Orbellis, Nicolas d’, Franciscan theologian and philosopher, Scotist; b. about 1400; d. at Rome, 1475. He seems to have entered the monastery of the Observantines, founded in 1407, one of the first in France. He appears to have been professor of theology and philosophy in the University of Angers, where he enjoyed great reputation as an expounder of the teaching of John Duns Scotus. After 1465 he wrote his chief work, a commentary on the Four Books of Sentences. He was interred in the church of the Ara Coeli on the Capitoline. His chief works are: “Expositio in IV Sententiarum Libros”, a compilation based on the teachings of John Duns Scotus, published first at Rouen without date or place (s. 1. et a.)and then at Rouen without the year (s. a.); at Paris, twice in 1488, again in 1499, 1511, and 1517; at Lyons, 1503; at Hagenau, 1503; Venice, 1507; ‘“ Exdum viam Scoti” (Bologna, 1485; Paris, 1505); “ ExPAGANI positio Logics secundum Doctrinam Doctoris Subtilis Scoti” (Parma, 1482; Basle, 1494; Venice, 1507); “Logicae Summula”, with passages from Francis of Mayron, Antonio Andrea, Bonetus, and Scotus (Venice, 1489 and 1500). “Compendium Mathematicum” appeared without place or date (about 1485) (Bologna, 1485); “De Scientia Mathematica, Physica” etc. (Basle, 1494 and 1503).
Wanppine, Annales O. Min., XIII (Rome, 1735), 166; XIV, 125; XV, 319; Wappine, Scriptores O. Min. (Rome, 1650), 268; ibid. (1806), 182 sq.; zb¢d. (1906), 179 sq.; Sbaralea, Supplement. ad Script. O. Min. (Rome, 1806), 561-2; GLASSBERGER, Chronica Observ. in Analecta Franciscana, IL (Quaracchi, 1887), 460; Oupinus, Scriptores ecclesiast., III (Leipzig, 1722), 2546-7; Port, Dict. de Maine-et-Loire, III (Paris, 1878), 35; Harn, Repertor. bibliogr., 12041ss.; Coppincer, Supplem., 12043ss.
Michael Bihl.