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theological writers belonging to the

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Old Franciscan School

Haymo of Faversham Haymo of Faversham, O.F.M. ( ) was an English Franciscan scholar. His scholastic epithet was ' (Latin for "Most Aristotelian among the Aristotelians"), referring to his stature among the Scholastics during the Recovery of Aristotle amid the 12 ...

(d. 1244) *

Alexander of Hales Alexander of Hales (also Halensis, Alensis, Halesius, Alesius ; 21 August 1245), also called ''Doctor Irrefragibilis'' (by Pope Alexander IV in the ''Bull De Fontibus Paradisi'') and ''Theologorum Monarcha'', was a Franciscan friar, theologian a ...

(c.1183-1245) * John of Rupella (d. 1245) * St. Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) * William of Melitora (d. 1260) * St. Bonaventure (d. 1274) * Hugh of Digne (d. 1285) *

Matthew of Aquasparta Matthew of Aquasparta ( it, Matteo di Aquasparta; 1240 – 29 October 1302) was an Italian Friar Minor and scholastic philosopher. He was elected Minister General of the Order. Life Born in Acquasparta, Umbria, he was a member of the Bentivenghi ...

(d. 1289) *

John Pecham John Peckham (c. 1230 – 8 December 1292) was Archbishop of Canterbury in the years 1279–1292. He was a native of Sussex who was educated at Lewes Priory and became a Friar Minor about 1250. He studied at the University of Paris under ...

(d. 1292) * Richard of Middleton (d. about 1300) * St. Angela of Foligno (c. 1248–1309)

Scotism and the Later Franciscan School

* Bl. John Duns Scotus (1265-1308) * Petrus Aureoli (1280-1322) * Francis Mayron (1280-1327) * Walter Burleigh (1275-1337), possibly an Augustinian *

William of Ockham William of Ockham, OFM (; also Occam, from la, Gulielmus Occamus; 1287 – 10 April 1347) was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, apologist, and Catholic theologian, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small vill ...

(1288-1348) *

Nicholas of Lyra Nicolas de Lyra __notoc__ 1479 Nicholas of Lyra (french: Nicolas de Lyre; – October 1349), or Nicolaus Lyranus, a Franciscan teacher, was among the most influential practitioners of biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages. Little is know ...

(c.1270-1349) *

Peter of Aquila Peter of Aquila, O.F.M., (Scotellus) (d. 1361) was an Italian Friar Minor, theologian and bishop. Peter was born at L'Aquila in the Abruzzo, Italy, towards the end of the 13th century. In 1334 he figures as a Master of Theology and as Minister ...

(d. 1361) *

Robert de Finingham Robert de Finingham (died 1460) was an English monk in the Franciscan (Greyfriars) monastery at Norwich, and an author. He was born at Finningham, Suffolk, and educated at the monastery where he later became a monk. He flourished in the reign o ...

(d. 1460) *

Nicolas d'Orbellis Nicolas d'Orbellis was a French Franciscan theologian and philosopher, of the Scotist school. Biography He was born about 1400. He seems to have entered the monastery of the Observantines, founded in 1407, one of the first in France. He appea ...

(1400-1475)

Early modern period

François Rabelais François Rabelais ( , , ; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He is primarily known as a writer of satire, of the grotesque, and of bawdy jokes and ...

(c.1483-1553) *

Jean Benedicti Jean Benedicti was a French Franciscan theologian of the sixteenth century. He belonged to the Observantine Province of Tours and Poitiers. He became in time secretary of the order and in this capacity accompanied the minister-general, Christoph ...

François Feuardent François Feuardent (1539 – 1 January 1610) was a French Franciscan theologian, and preacher of the Ligue. Life Feuardent was born at Coutances, Normandy. Having studied humanities at Bayeux, he joined the Friars Minor. After the novitiat ...

(1539-1610) * Juan Bautista *

Francis Nugent Francis Nugent (1569–1635 at Charleville, France) was an Irish priest of the Franciscan Capuchin Order. He was the founder of the Irish and the Rhenish Provinces of the Order. Life Lavalin Nugent was born in Walshestown near Mullingar, C ...

(1569-1635), Capuchin *

Pedro d'Alva y Astorga Pedro de Alba y Astorga ( – 1667) was a Friar Minor of the Strict Observance, and a voluminous writer on theological subjects, generally in defense of the Immaculate Conception. He was born at Carbajales and died in Belgium. He took the Franci ...

(d.1667) *

Bonaventura Baron Bonaventure Baron, O.F.M. (christened Bartholomew Baron; 1610 – 18 March 1696) was a distinguished Irish Franciscan friar and a noted theologian, philosopher, teacher and writer of Latin prose and verse.Gaudentius of Brescia Saint Gaudentius ( it, San Gaudenzio di Brescia; died 410) was Bishop of Brescia from 387 until 410, and was a theologian and author of many letters and sermons. He was the successor of Saint Philastrius. Biography Gaudentius had studied under P ...

(1612-1672), Capuchin * Mathias Hauzeur (1589-1676) *

Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria (10 April 1612, Lauria – 30 November 1693, Rome) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal and theologian. Life and career At the age of seventeen di Lauria was struck with a dangerous illness, and ...

(1612-1693), Conventual * José de Carabantes (1628-1694), Capuchin *

Fortunatus Hueber Fortunatus Hueber (21 November 1639, in Neustadt an der Donau – 12 February 1706, in Munich) was a West German Franciscan historian and theologian. Life He entered the Bavarian province of the Franciscan Reformati on 5 November 1654. He was ge ...

(d. 1706) *

Martin of Cochem Martin of Cochem (born at Cochem on the Moselle (river), Mosel, 13 December 1630 or 1634; died in the convent at Waghäusel, 10 September 1712) was a German Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Capuchin theologian, preacher, and ascetic writer. Life H ...

(1630-1712), Capuchin * Bernard of Bologna (1701-1768), Capuchin

Modern period

* José Arlegui * Viatora Coccaleo (d. 1793), Capuchin * Archange de Lyon (1736-1822), Capuchin *

Albert Knoll Albert Knoll (12 July 1796, at Bruneck in what was central Tyrol – 30 March 1863, at Bolzano) was an Austrian Capuchin dogmatic theologian. Life He was ordained to the priesthood in November, 1818, and five years later was appointed to teach d ...

* Hilarius of Sexten (1839-1900) *

Gabriele Allegra Gabriele Allegra ( zh, 雷永明, 26 December 1907 – 26 January 1976) was a Franciscan Friar and Biblical scholar. He is best known for accomplishing the first complete translation of the Catholic Bible into the Chinese language. His Studium B ...

(1907-1976)

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