Franciscan philosophy forms part of Mediaeval Christian philosophy.
It was born in the Franciscan schools of thought at Paris and Oxford, where the Order of Friars Minor had founded university houses for its students. Anthony of Padua was born in Lisbon, Portugal, around the year 1195. His baptismal name was Ferdinand. He spent his childhood in a rich family, and was educated in the cathedral school of Lisbon. He entered the Order of Canons Regular of St. Augustine in the monastery of San Vincenzo de Fora, near Lisbon, but later asked to be transferred to the famous monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra.