Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz | |
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| Bishop of Vigevano | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Vigevano (1673–1682) Campagna and Satrianum (1657–1673) |
| Successor | Ferdinando de Rojas |
| Previous post | Grand-Vicar to the Archbishop of Prague |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 29 July 1567 by Cardinal Francesco Brancaccio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1606 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 8 September 1682 (aged 76) Vigevano, Italy |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Alcalá University of Salamanca Old University of Leuven (Ph.D., 1629; Th.D., 1638) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 17th-century philosophy |
| Region | |
| School | Aristotelianism Scholasticism Probabilism |
| Institutions | University of Salamanca Old University of Leuven |
| Main interests | Metaphysics, moral philosophy, mathematics, astronomy |
| Notable ideas | |
| Occupation | Mathematician and theologian |
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz OCist (Juan Caramuel de Lobkowitz, 23 May 1606 in Madrid — 7 or 8 September 1682 in Vigevano) was a Spanish Catholic scholastic philosopher, ecclesiastic, mathematician, polyglot, and writer. He is believed to be a great-grandson of Jan Popel y Lobkowicz.