translate English to German: In 1431 he entered the priesthood, and after trying vainly to secure a position as apostolic secretary in Rome he went to Piacenza, whence he proceeded to Pavia , where he obtained a professorship of eloquence.
Seine polemische Kompromisslosigkeit - in mehreren Aufsehen erregenden Schriften geäußert - kostete ihn schließlich 1433 seinen Lehrstuhl für Rhetorik in Pavia .