Category
page 1Catholic philosophers
René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
John Paul II
264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)

Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)

Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Christian theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
G. K. Chesterton
English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Teresa of Ávila
Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)
Maria Montessori
Italian pedagogue and physician (1870-1952)

Ambrose
Ambrose of Milan (; 4 April 397), canonized as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397.

William of Ockham
English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
Albertus Magnus
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (; Latin: Boetius; 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a precursor to the Scholastic movement, and, along with Cassiodorus, one of the two leading Christian scholars of the 6th century. The local cult of Boethius in the Diocese of Pavia was sanctioned by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1883, confirming the diocese's custom of honouring him on the 23 October

Roger Bacon
English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
Anselm of Canterbury
11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian

Marshall McLuhan
Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar (1911–1980)

Gregory of Nazianzus
Christian saint and theologian (c. 329 – 390)

Athanasius of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373)

Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
Isidore of Seville
Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)
John of Damascus
Christian monk, priest, hymnographer and apologist (675/6-749)

Bonaventure
Bonaventure ( ; ; ; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher.
Jean de La Bruyère
17th-century French writer and philosopher (1645–1696)
Giambattista Vico
Italian philosopher, rhetorician, historian and jurist
Duns Scotus
Scottish Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1265/66–1308)
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Italian mathematician and philanthropist (1718–1799)
Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian (c.150 – c.215)

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Italian Renaissance philosopher (1463–1494)

Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)

Ramon Llull
Majorcan writer and philosopher (c.1232–1315/6)
Friedrich Schlegel
German poet, critic and scholar, editor

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Mexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poet
Max Scheler
German philosopher (1874-1928)
Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and Catholic priest (1433–1499)
Joseph de Maistre
Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat (1753-1821)

John Henry Newman
English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)
Gregory of Nyssa
bishop of Nyssa
Étienne de La Boétie
French judge, writer and philosopher
Justin Martyr
2nd century CE Christian apologist and martyr

Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Irish Catholic philosopher and theologian (c. 800 – c. 877)
Paulo Freire
Brazilian educator and philosopher (1921–1997)

Bernard Bolzano
Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848)

Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist (1889-1973)
Nicolas Malebranche
French philosopher

Charles Péguy
French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914)
Laura Bassi
Italian physicist (1711-1778)

Hans Küng
Swiss Catholic priest, theologian and author (1928-2021)

Francisco Suárez
Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian (1548-1617)

Jacques Maritain
French philosopher (1882–1973)

Jean Buridan
medieval philosopher (ca. 1300-1358)

Bruno Latour
French sociologist and philosopher (1947–2022)
Franz Brentano
German philosopher and psychologist as well as refounder of the theory of intentionality (1838–1917)
Félicité de La Mennais
French priest, philosopher and political theorist (1782–1854)

René Girard
French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science
Robert Grosseteste
English bishop and philosopher