page_title: Thomas Cajetan
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Cajetan
context_page_description: Thomas Cajetan, also known as Gaetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, cardinal and the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508-18. He was a leading theologian of his day who is now best known as the spokesman for Catholic opposition to the teachings of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation while he was the Pope's Legate in Augsburg, and perhaps also among Catholics for his extensive commentary on the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas.
  He is not to be confused with his contemporary, Saint Cajetan, the founder of the Theatines.
context_section_description: Thomas Cajetan (/ˈkædʒətən/; 20 February 1469 – 9 August 1534), also known as Gaetanus,  commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, cardinal (from 1517 until his death) and the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508-18.  He was a leading theologian of his day who is now best known as the spokesman for Catholic opposition to the teachings of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation while he was the Pope's Legate in Augsburg, and perhaps also among Catholics for his extensive commentary on the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas.
  He is not to be confused with his contemporary, Saint Cajetan, the founder of the Theatines.
caption: Martin Luther in front of Thomas Cajetan by Ferdinand Pauwels
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