John of Parma was an influential 13th-century Italian theologian and Franciscan friar. Born in Parma around 1208, he rose to prominence through his academic expertise, teaching at the universities of Bologna, Naples, and Paris. He served as the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor from 1247 to 1257, a period during which he sought to uphold the original fervor of the Franciscan Rule. Later in life, he lived as a hermit in Greccio before dying in Camerino in 1289.