However, 23 - year - old Nicolaus wanted to quench his thirst for knowledge and convinced his uncle to let him study canon law, medicine, and mathematics at the Italian universities of Bologna and Padua.
لكنّ نيقولاوس ،‏ الذي كان حينذاك في الثالثة والعشرين من عمره ،‏ اراد ان يشبع تعطشه الى المعرفة .‏