Scotists of the 1600s

During the Golden Age of Scotism, there were hundreds and perhaps even thousands of Scotists who published works, and far more who taught Scotist philosophy and theology, but never published anything. Here are some noteworthy figures active in this century.

• Juan de Rada, OFM Obs. (†1608): wrote a four-volume comparison of Thomas and Scotus
• Francesco Pitigiani of Arezzo, OFM Obs. (†1616): published commentaries on Scotus’s works
• Filippo Fabri, OFM Conv. (†1630): contributed to reviving Scotism in the 1600s
• Hugh MacCaghwell, OFM Obs. (†1626): prepared editions of Scotus’s works
• Luke Wadding, OFM Rec. (†1657): theologian of the Spanish mission to obtain a definition of the Immaculate Conception and head of the team that produced the Wadding edition
• Angelo Volpe, OFM Conv. (†1647): wrote the first Scotist summa
• François Carrière, OFM Conv. (†1665): published theological treatises
• Bonaventura Belluto, OFM Conv. (†1676): worked with Mastri
• John Punch, OFM Obs. (†1661): wrote the first cursus of Scotist philosophy
• Carlo Lantieri, OFM Obs. († after 1672): wrote theological treatises
• Bartolomeo Mastri of Meldola, OFM Conv. (†1673): called by some the “princeps scotistarum,” with Belluto, he wrote a cursus of Scotist philosophy that competed with Punch’s
• Willem Herincx, OFM Rec. (†1678): his textbooks of dogmatic and moral theology were reprinted for decades
• Francisco Macedo (†1681): first a Jesuit, and then a Franciscan, he wrote over a hundred works, including comparisons of Thomism with Scotism
• Tomás Francés de Urrutigoyti y Lerma (†1682), OFM Obs.: he wrote a verbose but theologically profound Mariology, as well as sermons
• Lorenzo Card. Brancati, OFM Conv. (†1693): his commentaries on Scotus earned him a place in multiple Roman Congregations.
• Anton Wissingh, OFM Conv. (†1716): expressed Scotist theology in verse
• Antonio Castel, OFM Obs. (†1717): his exposition of the Sentences is useful for finding Scotists who wrote on a given topic.