- Gregory of Valencia
Gregory of Valencia (Gregory of Valentia) (ca.
1550 -April 25 ,1603 ) was a Spanish humanist and scholar who was a professor at theUniversity of Ingolstadt . Born atMedina , he entered the newly-founded Jesuit order in 1565 after studyingphilosophy andjurisprudence at theUniversity of Salamanca .In 1571, he was called by
St. Francis Borgia , superior general of the Jesuit order, to teach philosophy inRome . There he was ordained a priest. He occupied the chair oftheology at theUniversity of Dillingen , and two years later, he was transferred to a similar position at Ingolstadt. There he remained seventeen years (1575-1592) teaching scholastic theology.He later went to Rome, where he wrote a work in four volumes, covering the whole field of scholastic theology. He held the position of prefect of studies in the
Collegio Romano until, broken in health through incessant work, he died atNaples .Pope Clement VIII honored him with the title of "Doctor doctorum".Sources
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07021b.htm Gregory of Valencia at the
Catholic Encyclopedia ]
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