Franciscus Titelmans

Franciscus "Frans" Titelmans (Latin: Franciscus Titelmannus or Hasseltensis) (1502–1537) was a Franciscan scholar from the Habsburg Netherlands, and an intellectual opponent of Erasmus.

[2] He joined the Franciscan Order in 1523, and engaged in controversy with Erasmus over the interpretation of the Pauline Epistles in the period 1527 to 1530.

[3] He wrote a compendium on natural philosophy which was much reprinted.

[4] He became a Capuchin in 1535 and moved to Italy, where he worked in a hospital for the incurably ill.

He died at Anticoli di Campagna.