The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Eymericus, Nicolas

EYMERICUS, Nicolas, Spanish theologian: b. Gerona, Catalonia, 1320; d. 1399. In 1334 he entered the Order of Preachers, later attaining the rank of Grand Inquisitor. He also was appointed chaplain to Pope Gregory XI and judge of heretics in 1356. He lived many years at Avignon during the reigns of Clement VI and Benedict XIII. He was the author of the severe ‘Directorium Inquisitorum,’ which was the standard code of procedure in the Inquisition for nearly one hundred years.