Alfonso de Castro was a Spanish Franciscan theologian and jurist of the sixteenth century, associated with the School of Salamanca though he rejected the idea that he belonged to any single theological school. Educated at Salamanca and later at the University of Alcala, he held a chair of theology at Salamanca for thirty years while also preaching in Germany, England and at the court of the Emperor Charles V. De Castro's most distinctive contribution to law was his pioneering work on penal law, exploring the theological foundations of criminal punishment with enough authority that he came to be known as princeps poenalistarum, prince of the penal law scholars. He was named archbishop of Compostela shortly before his death in 1558, though he died before he could be consecrated.
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Alfonso de Castro, O.F.M., (1495 in Zamora, Spain - 3 February 1558 in Brussels, Belgium) known also as Alphonsus à Castro, was a Franciscan theologian and jurist.
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He belongs to the group of theologian-jurists known as the School of Salamanca (otherwise identified as Spanish Late Scholasticism), though he denied belonging to a specific school of thought and condemned many theologians who did.
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Alfonso de Castro, O.F.M., (1495 in Zamora, Spain - 3 February 1558 in Brussels, Belgium) known also as Alphonsus à Castro, was a Franciscan theologian and jurist. He belongs to the group of theologian-jurists known as the School of Salamanca (otherwise identified as Spanish Late Scholasticism), though he denied belonging to a specific school of thought and condemned many theologians who did. He was most well-known in the sixteenth century for his work Adversus omnes haereses, libri XIV, an encyclopedic treatise on ancient and modern heresies.
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P570 (date of death): 1558
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P570 (date of death): 1558-02-13
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P19 (place of birth): Zamora
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P20 (place of death): Brussels
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