Augustine of Alfeld

Augustine of Alfeld (1480 – c. 1535) was a teacher and Minister Provincial of the Franciscan Order in Saxony, who was opposed to Martin Luther on the question of papal authority.

[1] Adolf of Anhalt, the Bishop of Merseburg, in 1520 called on him to dispute the Lutherans preachers.

On 20 January 1521 he presided at the public theological disputation held at Weimar, between Johannes Lang [de], Aegidius Mechler, and the Franciscans, on the merit of monastic vows and life; it called forth a satirical poem at the time.

[2] Augustine served as a guardian for noble minors in 1524; and was the Minister Provincial for the Franciscan order in Saxony (1529-1532).

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