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Martin Szentiványi
Martin Szentiványi (born at Szentiván, present-day Liptovský Ján, 20 October 1633 and died at Nagyszombat, present-day Trnava, 5 March 1708) was a polymathic Hungarian Jesuit writer and theologian. His 4000 page work, titled Miscellanea, brings papers from all fields of science.
Life
He entered the Society of Jesus in 1653, and was professor of Scripture for five years at Vienna and Trnava, 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 Trnava, and in addition was for nine successive years governor of the Pázmáneum in Vienna and of the academy at Trnava. Martin Szentiványi was lecturer at University of Trnava in 1668 – 1705.
Works
His numerous writings appeared in Hungarian, Latin, German, and Slovak, and some were translated into French. They include:
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