Martin Szentiv?nyi

Born at Szentiv?n, 20 October, 1633; died at Nagy-Szomb?t (Tyrnau), 5 March, 1708. He entered the Society of {ln:Jesus} in 1653, and was professor of Scripture for five years at Vienna and Nagy-Szomb?t, professor of mathematics and philosophy for nine years, and professor of canon law and theology for seven years. For seven years he filled the office of the chancellor of the University of Nagy-Szomb?t, and in addition was for nine successive years governor of the Pasmaneum in Vienna and of the academy at Nagy-Szomb?t. His numerous writings appeared in Hungarian, Latin, German, and Slovak, and some were translated in to French. The most important are: "Curiosiora et selectiora variarum scientiarum miscellanea in tres partes divisa" (Tyrnau, 1689); "Dissertationes septem, etc." (Tyrnau, 1689); "Rectus modus interpretandi scripturam sacram" (Tyrnau, 1696); "Summarium chronologi? Hungari?" (Tyrnau, 1697); "Hungaria in immaculatum conceptionem b. Mari? Virginis magn? domin? su? credens et iuvans" (Tyrnau, 1701); "Doctrin? fidei christian?" (Louvain, 1708); "Lutheranicum numquam et nusquam" (Tyrnau, 1702); "Relatio satatus futuro vit?" (Tyrnau, 1699); "Dissertationes h?resiologico-polemic? de h?resiarchis; h?resibus, et erroribus in fide dogmatibus, hoc s?culo nostro" (Tyrnau, 1701); "Solutiones catholic?, etc." (Tyrnau, 1701); "Quinquaginta rationes et motiva cur in tanta varietate religionum et confessionum fidei in christianitate moderno tempore vigentium, sola religio Romano-catholica sit eligenda et omnibus aliis preferenda" (Tyrnau, 1701; German and Hungarian, Tyrnau, 1702).