Cajetan

Cajetan, CARDINAL, properly Thomas de Vio, was born at Gaeta in 1469. At an early age he entered the Dominican order, lectured on theology at Brescia and Pavia, and became general of his order in 1508, cardinal in 1517, Bishop of Gaeta in 1519, and legate to Hungary in 1523. In the history of the Reformation, his name is remembered for his vain attempt to induce Luther to recant his errors at Augsburg in 1518. Cajetan died at Rome in 1534. His Opera Omnia were printed in 5 vols. at Lyons in 1639.