About Francisco Zumel
Lived 1540 – 1607 (aged 66–67). Francisco Zumel was a Spanish philosopher, university teacher, priest and catholic theologian.
Francisco Zumel (–1607) was a Spanish philosopher and ecclesiastic. He was superior general of the Mercedarian Order and professor of physics and moral philosophy at the University of Salamanca. He was a Thomist and is most remembered for his polemical writings against the molinistas, the followers of Luis Molina.
His works were written in Latin and some of them remain in the Vatican Library, and thus far unpublished.
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Who was Francisco Zumel?
Spanish philosopher
When was Francisco Zumel born?
Francisco Zumel was born in 1540 in Palencia.
When did Francisco Zumel die?
Francisco Zumel died in 1607 in Salamanca.
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Francisco Zumel was a philosopher, university teacher, priest and catholic theologian.
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Francisco Zumel was Spanish.
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