, a native of Zamora, in the kingdom of Leon, towards the end of
, a native of Zamora, in the
kingdom of Leon, towards the end of the reign of Philip II.
deserves some mention, to distinguish him from the preceding. He entered when very young into the society of
the Jesuits, and attained so much character on account of his
learning, as to be appointed first professor at Salamanca,
and was the first Jesuit on whom the university, jealous of
the power and ambition of that order, conferred the degree of doctor. He died, at Salamanca in 1657. He wrote,
1. “Commentaria et disputationes in tertiam partem S.
Thomas, de incarnati verbi mysteriis et perfectionibus,
”
Lyons, 2 vols. fol. 2. Separate treatises, “De visione et
scientia Dei De voluntate Dei De reprobatione et
praedestinatione,
” afterwards printed together at Lyons,
, a Spanish divine, was a native of Zamora, and of the order of St. Francis. He flourished
, a Spanish divine, was a native of Zamora, and of the order of St. Francis. He flourished in the sixteenth century, under the reigns of the
emperor Charles V. and Philip II. and accompanied the
latter into England when his majesty married queen Mary.
De Castro after this appears to have resided in the
Netherlands, and was there promoted to the archbishopric of
Compostella; but before he could receive the necessary
documents from the pope, he died at Brussels, Feb. 13,
1558, in the sixty-third year of his age. His works were
printed at Paris in 1578, folio. The principal and most
valued was his “Treatise against Heresies,
” a work partly
historical, and partly controversial.