Gaetano da Thiene (1387–1465) was an Italian Renaissance philosopher and

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

who was born and lived in

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

.s.v. 'Gaetano da Thiene' in

Biography

A student of

Paul of Venice Paul of Venice (or Paulus Venetus; 1369–1429) was a Catholic philosopher, theologian, logician and metaphysician of the Order of Saint Augustine. Life Paul was born, according to the chroniclers of his order, at Udine, about 1369 and died at V ...

, Gaetano, like his teacher, held an

Averroist Averroism refers to a school of medieval philosophy based on the application of the works of 12th-century Andalusian philosopher Averroes, (known in his time in Arabic as ابن رشد, ibn Rushd, 1126–1198) a commentator on Aristotle, in 13th ...

interpretation of Aristotle's teachings. He worked towards a compromise between that position and Christian doctrines on the personal

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, and in later life he abandoned Averroism entirely. He was one of Paul of Venice's successors as professor of natural philosophy at the

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, and in turn,

Nicoletto Vernia Nicoletto Vernia (c. 1420, in Chieti – October 31, 1499, in Vicenza) was an Italian Averroist philosopher, at the University of Padua. Life He studied at Pavia, under Paolo da Pergola in Venice, and with Gaetano da Thiene in Padua, graduating w ...

, who succeeded to the same position on Gaetano's death, was one of his pupils.s.v. 'Vernia, Nicoletto' in Among his pupils was also Pietro Roccabonella, a well known professor of medicine in Padua. He should not be confused with

Saint Cajetan Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene (6 October 1480 – 7 August 1547), known as Saint Cajetan (), was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, co-founder of the Theatines. He is recognised as a saint in the Catholic Church, and his feast day ...

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