Pedro da Fonseca

Pedro da Fonseca (* 1528 in Cortiçada , Portugal ; † November 4, 1599 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese philosopher, Jesuit and theologian.

Life

Fonseca entered the Jesuit college in Coimbra in 1548 , studied in Évora from 1551 and soon became a professor there; Because of his scholastic virtuosity, he was given the name of a "Portuguese Aristotle". After 1580 he became assistant to the general of the order, visitor of the province and superior of the professed house. He was also a member of the commission set up by King Philip II to reform Portugal.

He wrote u. a. Institutiones dialecticae (Lisbon 1564) and a commentary on the metaphysics of Aristotle .

source

Pierer's Universal Lexikon, Volume 6. Altenburg 1858, p. 407, available here.

literature

Josef Bordat: Fonseca, Pedro da (Petrus). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 430-431. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.

personal data
SURNAME	Fonseca, Pedro there
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Portuguese philosopher, Jesuit and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	1528
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cortiçada , Portugal
DATE OF DEATH	November 4, 1599
Place of death	Lisbon