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Alfonso de Castro

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Spanish theologian

SpainAcademicsLived 1494 to 1558 · aged 64
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, known also as Alphonsus à Castro, was a Franciscan theologian and jurist. He belongs to the group of theologian-jurists known as the School of Salamanca, though he denied belonging to a specific school of thought and condemned many theologians who did.

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Alfonso de Castro, O.F.M., known also as Alphonsus à Castro, was a Franciscan theologian and jurist. He belongs to the group of theologian-jurists known as the School of Salamanca, though he denied belonging to a specific school of thought and condemned many theologians who did. He was most well-known in the sixteenth century for his work Adversus omnes haereses, libri XIV, an encyclopedic treatise on ancient and modern heresies.

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Spain
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deceased
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Lived 1494 to 1558 · aged 64
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