Stephen Teglatius

Stephen Teglatius (Theglatius, de Taleazis; Italian: Stefano Taleazzi, Serbian: Stefan Teglatije) served as an Archbishop of Bar in the late 15th century.

[1][2] He is notable for contemporary treatises illuminating the continued commitment to the idea of the crusade and the issues with their organisation during this period.

[3] There is little information of his early years but it is probable that he left the Republic of Venice for Rome following Cardinal Pietro Barbo or after the latter's election as pope and lived in the city during the pontificates of Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII.

In February 1510, shortly before the interdict on Venice was lifted, he dedicated the edition of the Brevis et perutilis expositio in Cantica canticorum to the doge Leonardo Loredan; it is a commentary on the Cantico dei cantici or "Song of Songs" in which Jesus is represented in a discussion with the church that follows the work of Saint Bruno (bishop of Segni).

In addition to the works mentioned, he also wrote a treatises on hypocrisy and ten books entitled De praestantia christianae fidei ac praeeminentia apostolicae sedis that do not survive.