# Marsilius of Padua

> He wrote a treatise so combustible that popes spent decades trying to suppress it. Marsilius argued the church had no right to wield political power — a claim that made him a heretic in the 14th century and a prophet to reformers two hundred years later.

*Italian philosopher (1275–1342)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/marsilius-of-padua

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1275
- **Died:** 1342
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Marsilius Mainardi was born around 1275 in Padua, trained in medicine, and moved through several professions before turning to political philosophy. Around 1324 he completed Defensor pacis, a systematic demolition of papal claims to supreme authority in both spiritual and temporal matters — what the church called its "plenitude of power." The work was condemned almost immediately; Marsilius fled to the court of Ludwig of Bavaria, where he lived under imperial protection. His arguments — that the church should be subordinate to secular rulers, that Scripture alone held final authority — would lie dormant for generations. When the Reformation erupted in the sixteenth century, Calvin and Luther found in his pages a blueprint they could use.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Academics, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Politics, #Literature, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315357)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilius_of_Padua)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Marsilius%20of%20Padua)
- [Marsili de Pàdua](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsili_de_P%C3%A0dua)
- [مارسیلیۆسی پادوا](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%86%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7)
- [Marsilius z Padovy](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilius_z_Padovy)
- [Marsilius von Padua](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilius_von_Padua)
- [Μαρσίλιος της Πάδοβας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Marsilio de Padovo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilio_de_Padovo)
- [Marsilio de Padua](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilio_de_Padua)
- [مارسیلیوس پادوایی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C)
- [Marsilius Padovalainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilius_Padovalainen)
- [Marsile de Padoue](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsile_de_Padoue)
- [Marsilije Padovanski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilije_Padovanski)
- [Páduai Marsilius](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1duai_Marsilius)
- [Marsilio dari Padova](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilio_dari_Padova)
- [Marsilio da Padova](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilio_da_Padova)
- [パドヴァのマルシリウス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%89%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%81%AE%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9)
- [მარსილიუს პადუელი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98)
- [마르실리우스](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EB%A5%B4%EC%8B%A4%EB%A6%AC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4)
- [Marsilius Patavinus](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilius_Patavinus)
- [പാദുവായിലെ മാർസിലിയസ്](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D)
- [Marsilius van Padua](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilius_van_Padua)
- [Marsilius av Padova](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilius_av_Padova)
- [Marsyliusz z Padwy](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsyliusz_z_Padwy)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marsilio_da_Padova)
- [مارسيليوس من بادوا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7)
- [Марсилий Падуански](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)

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