Antall József szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 66-68. (Budapest, 1973)

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are known however. We learn from the letter of Pope Gregory XL that Galvano di Bologna had been lecturing in Pécs till 1374 ("in ipso Paduano et Quinqueecclesiensi studius legit laudabiliter et ordinäre decretis", 3. Augustus 1374). The teachers of the University of Pécs had obtained high salaries, in one of his letters Gregory XL makes allusion to Galvano di Bologna having a yearly salary of 600 golden florins and in addition the episcopal tithe of the village Ürög. It is still under discussion how long the university of Pécs had existed, as it is known to us that the Hungarian king Corvin Mátyás (Matthias Corvinus) had turned to Pope Paul IL with the plan of establishing another university. The answer of the pope runs as follows: "In regno Ungariae, licet amplo et fertili non viget aliquod Studium generale", from which several historians, among them also Békefi conclude that in the middle of the XV. century no university had existed in Hungary, while in the opinion of others the university of Pécs existed much longer, and the words "non viget" refer only to the fact that some faculties were not established, so for instance the theological faculty. After the University of Nagyszombat had been removed to Buda, Queen Maria Theresia issued the Diploma Inaugurale (March 25, 1780) in which the ancient Hungarian universities are also mentioned. About the University of Pécs we can read the following: u

Quin iam circa Annum Millesimum tercentesimum sexagesimum a Ludovico Primo Rege Hungáriáé cuiusmodo stúdium generale Quinque-Ecclesiis juerit constitutum quod ad cladem usque Mohacsianam, Annum videlicet Millesimum quingentesimum vigesimum sextum, floruisse perhibetur.

. .". While this charter thus connects the cessation of the university with the time of the defeat of Mohács, according to Istvánffy it was still in the days of its glory in 1543, though the number of students referred to by him as 2000 at full strength must be regarded as an overstatement. Linzbauer relying on one of the charters of his collection is by all means of the opinion that the "Schola maior" of Pécs was still working in 1547. The Turkish traveller Evlia Tshelebi still saw in 1660 the ancient university-building in the town Pécs occupied then by the Turks and expresses his appreciation about its spacious dimensions. According to him the building was standing in the inner fortress close by the cathedral and was used for the purpose of a Moslem monastery and school (medresse) respectively. Sigismund Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Hungary had established a university in Buda. According to the Diploma Inaugurale: "Sigmundo Imperatore, et Rege Hungáriáé féliciter régnante, aliud stúdium generale Budae constitutum est

.. .". About the university named "Sigmundea" we have fuller data. Ulrich Reichenthal acquaints us namely with the fact that in the Council of Constance condemning Huss the University of Buda was represented by Simon Clostein a professor of medicine ("Von den hohen Schul zu Sundens in Ungern gelegen, Simon Clostein meyster in der Arzney") Schrott (1576) writes as follows: "Sundensis terris esset postrema scholarum, si tua non ferret, perfide Turca, iuga". The arms of the university can also be found in his book. However, the university that stopped functioning, when the Turkish occupation began, must have been