Francisco de Vitoria

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Dominican friar Roman Catholic priest founder of international law human jurist philosopher professor scholastic philosopher theologian

Francisco de Vitoria was a 16th-century Spanish theologian and jurist whose pioneering work on natural law and the rights of indigenous peoples laid foundational principles for modern international law.

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Label	Occurrences
Francisco de Vitoria canonical	16

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instanceOf	Dominican friar ⓘ Roman Catholic priest ⓘ founder of international law ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ professor ⓘ scholastic philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ
birthDate	c. 1483 ⓘ
birthPlace	Castile ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Castile Vitoria-Gasteiz ⓘ Álava ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	16th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Spain ⓘ
deathDate	1546-08-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	Crown of Castile ⓘ Salamanca ⓘ
educatedAt	Collège de Montaigu ⓘ Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ surface form: University of Paris
employer	University of Salamanca ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Basque ⓘ
familyName	de Vitoria ⓘ
fieldOfWork	international law ⓘ jurisprudence ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ theology ⓘ
givenName	Francisco ⓘ
influenced	Francisco Suárez ⓘ Hugo Grotius ⓘ School of Salamanca ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Augustine of Hippo ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas
knownFor	defense of the rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas ⓘ development of early modern international law ⓘ doctrine on just war ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ theory of ius gentium ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
memberOf	Order of Preachers ⓘ
movement	School of Salamanca ⓘ
name	Francisco de Vitoria self-link ⓘ
notableIdea	conditions for a just war under natural law ⓘ limits on imperial and papal authority over non-European peoples ⓘ universal rights of all humans, including non-Christians ⓘ
notableWork	Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae ⓘ Relectio de Indis ⓘ Relectio de iure belli ⓘ
positionHeld	chair of theology at the University of Salamanca ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church

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University of Salamanca → hasNotableAlumnus → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

University of Salamanca → hasNotableProfessor → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

Francisco de Vitoria → name → Francisco de Vitoria self-link ⓘ

Francisco Suárez → influenced → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

Hugo de Groot → influencedBy → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

just war theory → developedBy → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

subject surface form: Just war theory

School of Salamanca → hasPart → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

Salamanca campus → associatedWith → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

de Vitoria → name → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

subject surface form: Francisco de Vitoria

Collège de Montaigu → educated → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

Collège de Montaigu → notableAlumni → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

Relectio de Indis → author → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

Commentaries on Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae → author → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

Relectio de iure belli → author → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ

Baroque scholasticism → hasKeyFigure → Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ