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[[Image:Caprioli - In libros sententiarum amplissimae quaestiones, 1589 - 4446120.tif|thumb|''In libros sententiarum amplissimae quaestiones'', 1589]]
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He is sometimes known as the ''Prince of the Thomists''. His ''Four Books of Defenses of the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas'' can be said to have sparked a revival in Thomism.<ref>{{CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03314a.htm|title=John Capreolus}}</ref>
==Life==
Only scant details of his personal history are known. He was born and died in the [[diocese of Rodez]]. He was a Dominican affiliated with the province of [[Toulouse]], and a general chapter of his order at [[Poitiers]] in 1407 assigned him to lecture on ''[[Sentences|The Sentences]]'' at the [[University of Paris]]. He began in 1408 and achieved success.
The following year he finished the first part of his celebrated defensive on commentary on the theology of [[St. Thomas Aquinas]]. He passed examinations for degrees at the [[Sorbonne]] in 1411 and in 1415. After serving for some time as regent of studies at Toulouse, he repaired to Rodez where he laboured at his commentaries completing the three remaining parts in 1426, 1428 and 1433.
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