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- Thomas CajetanThomas CajetanThomas Cajetan , also known as Gaetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio , was an Italian cardinal. He is perhaps best known among Protestants for his opposition to the teachings of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation while he was the Pope's Legate in Wittenberg, and perhaps best known among...
, Italian cardinal and opponent of Martin Luther - Saint CajetanSaint CajetanSaint Cajetan , born Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene , is a Catholic Church saint and founder of the order of the Clerics Regular, better known as the Theatines...
(Gaetano dei Conti of Thiene), canonized saint who lived from 1480–1547 - Constantino CajetanConstantino CajetanConstantino Cajetan was a Benedictine scholar.Although his brothers, Ottavio and Alfonso, joined the Society of Jesus, Constantino became a Benedictine at San Nicolò d'Arena in Catania. He was soon called to Rome by Pope Clement VIII, who confided to the promising young scholar an edition of the...
(1560–1650), Italian Benedictine scholar - Enrico CaetaniEnrico CaetaniEnrico Caetani was an Italian cardinal.-Early life:He was born at Sermoneta, the second son of Bonifacio, lord of Sermoneta, and Caterina di Alberto Pio, daughter of the lord of Carpi. He was the nephew of Cardinal Niccolò Caetani, and brother of Camillo Caetani.Pope Sixtus V gave him the title of...
(1550–1599), Italian cardinal - Cajetan J. B. Baumann, O.F.B., Franciscan architect