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Anthony Of Sienna
Anthony of Sienna (?–2 January 1585) was a Portuguese Order of Preachers, Dominican theologian, so called because of his great veneration for Saint Catherine of Siena. He was born near Braga in Portugal. He studied at Lisbon, Coimbra, and Louvain, eventually coming to teach philosophy at Louvain. There he was made Doctor of Theology in 1571, and in 1574 was put in charge of the Dominican college there. He was a supporter of António, Prior of Crato, in his claim to the List of Portuguese monarchs, throne of Portugal during the Portuguese succession crisis of 1580; because of this, he was banished from the Spanish dominions. He travelled through Italy, England, and France, studying and writing, until his death at Nantes on 2 January 1585. Publications * Edition of ''Summa Theologica'' with an index of all authors quoted within: 1569, Antwerp. * Collaborated in Roman edition of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, prepared by the order of Pope Pius V: 1570-1571 * Edition of the List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Preachers
The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Caleruega. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull ''Religiosam vitam'' on 22 December 1216. Members of the order, who are referred to as ''Dominicans'', generally carry the letters ''OP'' after their names, standing for ''Ordinis Praedicatorum'', meaning ''of the Order of Preachers''. Membership in the order includes friars, nuns, active sisters, and lay or secular Dominicans (formerly known as tertiaries). More recently there has been a growing number of associates of the religious sisters who are unrelated to the tertiaries. Founded to preach the Gospel and to oppose heresy, the teaching activity of the order and its scholastic organisation placed the Preachers in the forefront of the intellectual life of the Middle Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
