- Vicente Ferre
Vicente Ferre (b. at Valencia, Spain; d. at
Salamanca in 1682) was a Spanish Dominican theologian, a leadingThomist of his time.Life
He entered the Dominican Order at Salamanca, where he pursued his studies in the Dominican College of St. Stephen. After teaching in several houses of study of his order in Spain, he was called from
Burgos to Rome, where for eighteen years he was "regens primarius" of the Dominican College of St Thomas ad Minervam.From Rome he went to Salamanca, where he became prior of the convent and, after three years, regent of studies.
Works
He died while publishing his commentaries on the "
Summa Theologica " ofThomas Aquinas . We have two folio volumes on the Secunda Secundae, covering the treatises of faith, hope, and charity, and the opposite vices. Published at Rome in 1669; three on the Prima, published at Salamanca, in 1675, 1676, and 1678 respectively; and three on the Prima Secundae, down to Q. cxiii, published at Salamanca, 1679, 1681, and 1690. His confrèrePérez à Lerma added to Q. cxiv the treatise on merit.References
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Quétif andÉchard , "Script. Ord. Praed.", II, 696;
*Nicolas Antonio , "Bibliotheca Hisp. Nova" (Madrid, 1783), II, 261.
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