Background
He was born and died at Kyritz, Brandenburg.
He was born and died at Kyritz, Brandenburg.
He joined the Friars Minor in his native place, studied at the University of Oxford, was graduated (1424) at Erfurt as doctor of theology, and for some years taught theology and Biblical exegesis.
In 1427 he was elected provincial of his order for Saxony. In the disputes between the Conventuals and Observantines he took an active part. In 1443 at Berne the Conventuals elected him minister-general.
This position he held for six years, receiving approbation from the General Council of Basle.
In this council he had been prominent since 1432 as a reformer, and an adherent of the supremacy of a general council over the pope. In 1461 he resigned his office and spent the last years of his life in literary work at the convent of Kyritz.