Gonsalvus of Spain

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Gonsalvus Hispanus (c. 1255-1313) was a Spanish Franciscan theologian and scholastic philosopher, who became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor.

He taught at the University of Paris, where he carried out a disputation with Meister Eckhart in 1303.^[1] He was expelled from Paris as a papal supporter, in the dispute with Philip IV of France.^[2] He came across the younger Duns Scotus and supported him, appointing him regent master of the Franciscans there in 1304.^[3]

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1. ^ PDF p.4.
2. ^ Ibid. p.5.
3. ^ Ibid., p.2, 5.

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Preceded by Giovanni Mincio da Morrovalle

Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor 1304–1313

Succeeded by Alexander Bonini