Martin Szentiványi


Martin Szentiványi was a polymathic Hungarian or Slovak Jesuit writer.

Life

He entered the Society of Jesus in 1653, and was professor of Scripture for five years at Vienna and Nagyszombat, professor of mathematics and philosophy for nine years, and professor of canon law and theology for seven years. For seven years he filled the office of the chancellor of the University of Nagyszombat, and in addition was for nine successive years governor of the Pasmaneum in Vienna and of the academy at Nagyszombat.

Works

His numerous writings appeared in Hungarian, Latin, German, and Slovak, and some were translated into French. They include: