John Whitehead (theologian)

John Whitehead (fl. 1389–1415) was an Irish theologian.

A native of Ireland, Whitehead studied at Oxford where in 1408 he is referred to as a Doctor of Theology. Up to 1415 he was rector of Stabannan, County Louth. Like Henry Crumpe and Richard FitzRalph he was involved in sermonical attacks upon the Franciscan friars. He attended the 1409 Council of Pisa as proctor of the Archbishop Fleming of Armagh.

His works include: Determinacio in materia de mendicitate/Assessment in the matter of mendicant poverty Determinacio de confessione et absolucione/Assessment concerning confession and absolution

See also

Thomas de Hibernia

Master Patrick of Ireland

John Clyn

Sources

A New History of Ireland, volume one.

Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford

Irish writers in Latin

Irish Roman Catholic theologians

14th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests

15th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests

People from County Louth

14th-century births

15th-century deaths

14th-century Roman Catholic theologians

15th-century Roman Catholic theologians

15th-century Irish writers

15th-century writers in Latin