Gabriel Vásquez

Gabriel Vásquez (1549 or 1551–1604), called Bellomontanus, was a Spanish Jesuit scholastic theologian, born near Belmonte in Cuenca. At Alcalá he began studying law before turning to philosophy under Domingo Báñez, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1569.

After teaching theology at Ocaña, Madrid and Alcalá, he was summoned to Rome in 1585 to succeed Francisco Suárez in the Roman College's theology chair, returning to Alcalá in 1591. He became Suárez's foremost academic critic, disputing his accounts of natural law and the jus gentium, and his disciples carried on a famous school until his death in 1604.