Thomas Cajetan, Italian cardinal and philosopher (born 1470)

Thomas Cajetan

15th/16th-century Italian philosopher and priest

Thomas Cajetan, also known as Gaetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508 to 1518, and cardinal from 1517 until his death. He was a leading theologian of his day who is now best known as…