Hunt, Walter

The following data is extracted from Hunt Family Records.

WALTER (d. 1478); theologian: he is said to have been born in the west of England; he became a Carmelite friar, and it is said, doctor and professor of theology at Oxford; in 1438, while still in the prime of life, he was, according to Leland, chosen for his eloquence, learning and linguistic capacity, to represent England at the general council of Ferrara; when Pope Eugenius IV in January, 1439, removed the council to Florence, Hunt went there, and in the negotiations which led to a temporary reunion of the western with the eastern church, he is said to have been one of the chief exponents of the Latin view; his skill in disputation with the Greek doctors on the procession of the Holy Ghost and other subjects in dispute between the churches, won him general admiration and the special favor of Pope Eugenius; he was buried in the Carmelite friary at Oxford.

Source: Hunt Family Records

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