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Thomas Cajetan

1469 - 1534

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Thomas Cajetan, OP (; 20 February 1469 – 9 August 1534), also known as Gaetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508 to 1518, and cardinal from 1517 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Cajetan has received more than 226,407 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Thomas Cajetan is the 440th most popular philosopher (up from 476th in 2019), the 1,277th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,367th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Thomas Cajetan is most famous for his work in the field of Aristotelian philosophy.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Thomas Cajetan ranks 440 out of 1,267. Before him are Ronald Dworkin, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Giles of Rome, Ernest Gellner, Francisco Ferrer, and Emmanuel Mounier. After him are Petrus Ramus, Johannes Althusius, Diogenes of Babylon, Ernesto Laclau, Theodorus the Atheist, and Arnobius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, Thomas Cajetan ranks 5. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli, Manuel I of Portugal, Guru Nanak, and Gian Galeazzo Sforza. After him are John Fisher, Rodrigo de Triana, Ishak Pasha, Elia Levita, Francesco Granacci, and Laura Cereta. Among people deceased in 1534, Thomas Cajetan ranks 7. Before him are Pope Clement VII, Hafsa Sultan, Antonio da Correggio, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Marcantonio Raimondi. After him are Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Stephen VIII Báthory, Barbara Jagiellon, Otto Brunfels, Khvandamir, and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Thomas Cajetan ranks 1,277 out of 5,161. Before him are Bohemond II of Antioch (1108), Andreas Hofer (1767), Luigi Tenco (1938), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Ugo Tognazzi (1922), and Publius Licinius Crassus (-86). After him are Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (1784), Adolfo Celi (1922), Cornelius Gallus (-69), Iullus Antonius (-43), and Agrippa Postumus (-12).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Thomas Cajetan ranks 34. Before him are Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Brunetto Latini (1220), Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), and Giles of Rome (1243). After him are Gianni Vattimo (1936), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), Norberto Bobbio (1909), and Gaetano Mosca (1858).

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