This list of Thomist writers runs from the 13th to the 18th century, stopping short of

neo-Thomism Neo-scholasticism (also known as neo-scholastic Thomism Accessed 27 March 2013 or neo-Thomism because of the great influence of the writings of Thomas Aquinas on the movement) is a revival and development of medieval scholasticism in Catholic the ...

. It includes writers who engaged with the thought of

Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known wit ...

, but might not strictly be considered

Thomist Thomism is the philosophical and theological school that arose as a legacy of the work and thought of Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), the Dominican philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church. In philosophy, Aquinas' disputed questions a ...

thinkers. ''Source'': The ''

Catholic Encyclopedia The ''Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church'' (also referred to as the ''Old Catholic Encyclopedia'' and the ''Original Catholic Encyclopedia'') i ...

'' of 1913, article ''Thomism''. The listing is chronological, by date of death.

Thirteenth century

* Thomas de Cantimpré * Hugh of St Cher *

Vincent of Beauvais Vincent of Beauvais ( la, Vincentius Bellovacensis or ''Vincentius Burgundus''; c. 1264) was a Dominican friar at the Cistercian monastery of Royaumont Abbey, France. He is known mostly for his ''Speculum Maius'' (''Great mirror''), a major work ...

* St Raymond de Pennafort * Peter of Tarentaise (Pope) * Giles de Lassines * Reginald de Piperno * William de Moerbeka * Raymond Marti * Bernard de Trilia * Bernard of Hotun, Bishop of Dublin * Dietrich of Apolda *

Thomas of Sutton Thomas of Sutton (died after 1315) was an English Dominican theologian, an early Thomist. He was ordained as deacon in 1274 by Walter Giffard, and joined the Dominicans in the 1270s; he may have been a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford before tha ...

Fourteenth century

Peter of Auvergne Peter of Auvergne (died 1304) was a French philosopher and theologian. Life He was a canon of Paris; some biographers have thought that he was Bishop of Clermont, because a Bull of Boniface VIII of the year 1296 names as canon of Paris a certain ...

* Nicholas Boccasini, Benedict XI *

Godfrey of Fontaines Godfrey of Fontaines (born sometime before 1250, died 29 October 1306 or 1309), in Latin Godefridus de Fontibus, was a scholastic philosopher and theologian, designated by the title Doctor Venerandus. He made contributions to a diverse range of sub ...

* Walter of Winterburn * Ægidius Colonna * William of Paris *

Gerard of Bologna Gerard of Bologna (died 1317) was an Italian Carmelite theologian and scholastic philosopher. A convinced Thomist, he took a doctorate in theology in 1295 at the University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg ...

* four biographers ** Peter Calo ** William de Tocco ** Bartolommeo of Lucca ** Bernard Guidonis *

Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian people, Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', origin ...

* Natalis Hervieus * Petrus de Palude * Thomas Bradwardin * Robert Holkott *

John Tauler Johannes Tauler OP ( – 16 June 1361) was a German mystic, a Roman Catholic priest and a theologian. A disciple of Meister Eckhart, he belonged to the Dominican order. Tauler was known as one of the most important Rhineland mystics. He pro ...

Henry Suso Henry Suso, OP (also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings, and Heinrich Seuse or Heinrich von Berg in German; 21 March 1295 – 25 January 1366) was a German Dominican friar and the most popular vernacular writer of the fourteenth cen ...

Thomas of Strasburg Thomas of Strasburg (died 1357) was a fourteenth-century scholastic of the Augustinian Order Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo. There ...

* Jacobus Passavante * Nicholas Roselli * Durandus of Aurillac * John Bromyard * Nicholas Eymeric

Fifteenth century

* Manuel Calecas *

St Vincent Ferrer Vincent Ferrer, OP ( ca-valencia, Sant Vicent Ferrer , es, San Vicente Ferrer, it, San Vincenzo Ferreri, german: Sankt Vinzenz Ferrer, nl, Sint-Vincent Ferrer, french: Saint Vincent Ferrier; 23 January 1350 – 5 April 1419) was a Valencian D ...

John Dominici Giovanni Dominici ( 1355 – 10 June 1419) was an Italian Catholic prelate and Dominican who became a cardinal. His ideas had a profound influence on the art of Fra Angelico who entered the order through him. But he once encountered difficultie ...

John Gerson John Gerson was deputy head of MI6. He studied Art History at the University of Freiburg and then went to King's College, Cambridge. He went to India on the Commonwealth Expedition (COMEX) in 1965. He was HM Consul in Beijing from 1974 to 19 ...

* Luis of Valladolid * Raymond Sabunde *

John Nieder John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

* Dominic of Flanders * John de Montenegro *

Fra Angelico Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; February 18, 1455) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Vasari in his '' Lives of the Artists'' as having "a rare and perfect talent".Giorgio Vasari, ''Lives of the Artists''. Pengu ...

Antoninus of Florence Antoninus of Florence (1 March 13892 May 1459), was an Italian Dominican friar, who ruled as an archbishop of Florence. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Life He was born Antonio Pierozzi (also called de Forciglioni) on 1 Mar ...

Nicholas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa (1401 – 11 August 1464), also referred to as Nicholas of Kues and Nicolaus Cusanus (), was a German Catholic cardinal, philosopher, theologian, jurist, mathematician, and astronomer. One of the first German proponents of Re ...

* John of Torquemada *

Bessarion Bessarion ( el, Βησσαρίων; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the so-called great revival of letters ...

Alanus de Rupe Alanus de Rupe (also Alan, Alain de la Roche, or Blessed Alain de la Roche); (c. 1428 – 8 September 1475) was a Roman Catholic theologian noted for his views on prayer. Some writers claim him as a native of Germany, others of Belgium; but his ...

Johann Faber Johann Faber (1478 – May 21, 1541) was a Catholic theologian known for his writings opposing the Protestant Reformation and the growing Anabaptist movement. Biography Johann Faber, the son of a blacksmith, was born in Leutkirch, Swabia an ...

* Petrus Niger *

Peter of Bergamo Peter of Bergamo also called Peter of Almadura (1400 ca. - 1482) was an Italian Dominican theologian. Peter of Bergamo - Catholic Encyclopedia article Life Born in Bergamo in the early 15th century, he entered the Dominican Order in his native t ...

* Jerome Savonarola

Sixteenth century

* Felix Faber * Vincent Bandelli * John Tetzel *

Diego de Deza Diego de Deza y Tavera (1444 – 9 June 1523) was a theologian and inquisitor of Spain. He was one of the more notable figures in the Spanish Inquisition, and succeeded Tomás de Torquemada to the post of Grand Inquisitor. Early life Deza wa ...

* Sylvester Mazzolini * Francesco Silvestro di Ferrara * Thomas de Vio Cajetan *

Conrad Koellin Conrad Koellin (Latin, Conradus Koellin; 1476–1536) was a Dominican, professor of theology, and commentator on St. Thomas Aquinas. Life Conrad was born in Ulm in 1476. He entered the Dominican Order in 1492, and professed the following ye ...

* Chrysostom Javelli * Santes Pagnino *

Francisco de Vitoria Francisco de Vitoria ( – 12 August 1546; also known as Francisco de Victoria) was a Spanish Roman Catholic philosopher, theologian, and jurist of Renaissance Spain. He is the founder of the tradition in philosophy known as the School of Sala ...

* Franc Romseus * Ambrosius Catherinus * Lancelot Politi * St Ignatius of Loyola * Matthew Ory * Dominic Soto *

Melchior Cano Melchor Cano (1509? – 30 September 1560) was a Spanish Scholastic theologian. Clerical life He was born in Tarancón, New Castile, and joined the Dominican Order in Salamanca, where by 1546 he had succeeded Francisco de Vitoria to the theo ...

* Ambrose Pelargus * Peter Soto * Sixtus of Siena *

* St Pius V *

Bartholomew Medina Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

* Vincent Justiniani *

Maldonatus Juan Maldonado (Maldonatus, Maldonation) (1533 in Casas de Reina, Llerena, Extremadura – 5 January 1583 in Rome) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and exegete. Life At the age of fourteen or fifteen he went to the University of Salamanca, ...

* Juan Maldonado * St Charles Borromeo *

Louis of Granada Louis of Granada, OP (1504 – 31 December 1588), was a Dominican friar who was noted as theologian, writer and preacher. The cause for his canonization has been long open with the Holy See, with his current status being Venerable. Biography ...

* Bartholomew of Braga * Toletus (

Francisco de Toledo Francisco Álvarez de Toledo ( Oropesa, 10 July 1515 – Escalona, 21 April 1582), also known as ''The Viceroyal Solon'', was an aristocrat and soldier of the Kingdom of Spain and the fifth Viceroy of Peru. Often regarded as the "best of P ...

), cardinal *

Peter Canisius Peter Canisius ( nl, Pieter Kanis; 8 May 1521 – 21 December 1597) was a Dutch Jesuit Catholic priest. He became known for his strong support for the Catholic faith during the Protestant Reformation in Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Swit ...

* Thomas Stapleton, Doctor of Louvain * Molina

Seventeenth century

* Domingo Báñez * Bart Ledesma *

Baronius Cesare Baronio (as an author also known as Caesar Baronius; 30 August 1538 – 30 June 1607) was an Italian cardinal and historian of the Catholic Church. His best-known works are his ''Annales Ecclesiastici'' ("Ecclesiastical Annals"), whi ...

* Capponi a Porrecta * Aur Menochio * Petr Ledesma * Francisco Suárez * Du Perron, cardinal *

Robert Bellarmine Robert Bellarmine, SJ ( it, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 37. ...

Francis de Sales Francis de Sales (french: François de Sales; it, Francesco di Sales; 21 August 156728 December 1622) was a Bishop of Geneva and is revered as a saint in the Catholic Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to ...

* Hieronymus Medices * Lessius *

Martin Becanus Martinus Becanus (6 January 1563 – 24 January 1624) was a Dutch-born Jesuit priest, known as a theologian and controversialist. Life He was born ''Maarten Schellekens'' in Hilvarenbeek in North Brabant; Schellekens is a patronymic and he adop ...

(Martin Verbeeck) * Malvenda * Thomas de Lemos * Alvarez *

Paul Laymann Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

* Joann Wiggers * Nicholas Riccardi *

Dominic Gravina Dominic Gravina (born in Sicily, about 1573; died in the Minerva, at Rome, 26 August 1643) was an Italian Dominican theologian. Life He entered the Dominican Order at Naples, and made his classical and sacred studies in the order's schools. As pr ...

* John of St Thomas *

Juan Martínez de Ripalda Juan Martínez de Ripalda (1594 at Pamplona, Navarre – 26 April 1648 at Madrid) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian. Life He entered the Society of Jesus at Pamplona in 1609. In the triennial reports of 1642 he says of himself that he was not ...

Francis Sylvius Francis Sylvius (1581, in Braine-le-Comte, County of Hainaut, Hainault, now in Belgium – 22 February 1649, at Douai) was a County of Flanders, Flemish Roman Catholic theologian. Life After completing his course of humanities at Mons, he st ...

, Du Bois * Petavius *

Goar Goar (born before 390, died between 446 and 450) was a leader of the Alans in 5th-century Gaul. Around the time that the Vandals and other Alans under Respendial crossed the Rhine in 405 or 406, Goar's band of Alans quickly joined the Romans, an ...

* Giovanni Stefano Menochio * Franc Pignatelli * De Lugo *

Bollandus Jean Bolland ( la, Johannes Bollandus) (13 August 1596 – 12 September 1665) was a Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent Flemish hagiographer. Bolland's main achievement is the compilation of the first five volumes of the ''Lives of t ...

* Jammy * Thomas de Vallgornera *

Philippe Labbe Philippe Labbe ( la, Philippus Labbeus; 10 July 1607 – 16 or 17 March 1667) was a French Jesuit writer on historical, geographical and philological questions. Born in Bourges, he entered the Society of Jesus on 28 September 16 ...

Pallavicini The House of Pallavicini, also known as Pallavicino and formerly known as Pelavicino, is an ancient Italian noble family founded by Oberto II ''Pelavicino'' of the Frankish Obertenghi family. The Pallavicini of Genoa The first recorded member o ...

Busenbaum Hermann Busenbaum (or Busembaum) (19 September 160031 January 1668) was a Jesuit theologian. He attained fame as a master of casuistry. Biography He was born at Nottuln in Westphalia (Germany). He entered the Jesuit order in 1619, and taught scho ...

* Jean Nicolaï * Vincent Contenson * Jac Pignatelli * Vicente Ferre (d. 1682) * Passerini * Jean Baptiste Gonet * Louis Bancel *

Louis Thomassin Louis Thomassin ( la, Ludovicus Thomassinus; 28 August 1619, Aix-en-Provence – 24 December 1695, Paris) was a French theologian and Oratorian. Life At the age of thirteen he entered the Oratory and for some years was professor of literature ...

* Goudin * Sfrondati * Quétif * Rocaberti * Casanate

Eighteenth century

* Jacques-Casimir Guerinois *

Bossuet Bossuet is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627–1704), French bishop and theologian, uncle of Louis * Louis Bossuet Louis Bossuet (22 February 1663 – 15 January 1742) was a French parle ...

* Norisius, OSA * Thyrsus González * Antoine Massoulié * Du hamel * Wigandt * Piny * Lacroix * Carrières * Natalis Alexander *

Jacques Échard Jacques Échard (22 September 1644, in Rouen – 15 March 1724, in Paris) was a French Dominican and historian of the order. As the son of a wealthy official of the king he received a thorough classical and secular education. He entered the Domin ...

* Livarius de Meyer * Benedict XIII * Th du Jardin * Hyacintha Serry * Duplessis d'Argentré ( Charles du Plessis d'Argentré) * Vincent Louis Gotti * Milante * Preingue * Concina * Charles René Billuart *

Benedict XIV Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758. Pope ...

* Cuiliati * Giovanni Vincenzo Patuzzi *

De Rubeis Bernardo de RossiGiovanni Francesco Bernardo Maria de Rossi, De Rubeis. (8 January 1687 – 2 February 1775) was an Italian Dominican theologian and historian. Biography Rossi was born at Cividale del Friuli. He made his religious professio ...

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* Thomas de Burgo * Gener *

Alphonsus Liguori Alphonsus Liguori, CSsR (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philoso ...

* Mamachi * Pietro Maria Gazzaniga (1722–1799)

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