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Osvát Laskai

Franciscan friar, preacher, author from Hungary (1450–1511)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ1128156 ↗
Source-derived summary

Osvát Laskai (Latin: Osvaldus Lasco; 1450, Laskó, Baranya county – June 10, 1511, Pest? ) was a Hungarian Franciscan friar, preacher, teacher of theology, head of the friaries of Esztergom and Pest.

Works

Quadragesimale Bige salutis. U. ott, 1498., 1501., 1506. and 1515.

Sermones dominicales pertutiles a quodam fratre Hungaro ordinis minorum de observantia comportati Biga salutis intitulati feliciter incipiunt. Hagenau, 1498., 1502., 1506. and 1515.

Sermones de sanctis perutiles. U. ott, 1499., 1502., 1506.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Osvát Laskai” as franciscan friar, preacher, author from Hungary (1450–1511). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1450, 1511, 1498, 1501—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1450-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Osvát, Laskai and Franciscan can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as franciscan friar, preacher, author from Hungary (1450–1511). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 21, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1128156. VIAF identifies the subject as 41272942. The Library of Congress control number is n2006072294. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1450, 1511, 1498 and 1501.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Osvát Laskai”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Osvát Laskai primary sources, Osvát Laskai archive and Osvát research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Osvát Laskai”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “Osvát Laskai” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.