Peter John Olivi

Peter John Olivi

Peter John Olivi, also Pierre de Jean Olivi or Petrus Joannis Olivi (1248 – March 14, 1298), was a French Franciscan theologian and philosopher who, although he died professing the faith of the Roman Catholic Church, remained 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter John Olivi has received more than 30,414 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Peter John Olivi is the 722nd most popular philosopher (down from 689th in 2019), the 2,353rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,187th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Philosopher.