Peter John Olivi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter John Olivi

French theologian

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1248

Place of Birth: Sérignan, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1298

Profession: writer, theologian, philosopher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Peter John Olivi, also Pierre de Jean Olivi or Petrus Joannis Olivi (1248 – March 14, 1298), was a Franciscan theologian who, although he died professing the faith of the Roman Catholic Church, became a controversial figure in the arguments surrounding poverty at the beginning of the 14th century.
In large part, this was due to his view that the Franciscan vow of poverty also entailed usus pauper (i.e., 'poor' or 'restricted' use of goods); while contemporary Franciscans generally agreed that usus pauper was important to the Franciscan way of life, they disagreed that it was part of their vow of poverty.
His support of the extreme view of ecclesiastical poverty played a part in the ideology of the groups coming to be known as the Spiritual Franciscans or Fraticelli.