André Dias de Escobar (; c. 1366/67–c. 1448) was a Portuguese
Benedictine
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theologian.
Born at
Lisbon
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, Andreas de Escobar joined the Dominicans and then the Augustinians before becoming a Benedictine monk. He became doctor in theology at the
University of Vienna
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in 1393. He became
bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo
The Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, located in the city of Ciudad Rodrigo in the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid.bishop of Ajaccio
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Apostolic Penitentiary
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of the Roman curia.
Works
* ''Lumen confessorum''
* ''Confessio minor seu Modus confitendi''
* ''Confessio maior''
* ''De decimis''
* ''Canones penitentiales''