Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Gregorio Nuñez Coronel A
distinguished theologian, writer, and preacher, b. in Portugal,
about 1548; d. about 1620. At an early age he entered the Order
of St. Augustine in one of its many houses in his native land.
He manifested, during the course of his studies, great powers of
research and a ready grasp of the most abstruse problems of
philosophy and theology. Soon after his ordination to the
priesthood he became famous as a profound theologian and master
of sacred eloquence. When his fame was at its zenith, he left
Portugal and was appointed by the Duke of Savoy chaplain and
preacher to his court. He came to Rome by order of his
superiors, and there took the degree of Doctor of Divinity.
Coronel taught theology for many years in the Eternal City with
credit to himself and honour to his order. At this time the
controversy about the efficacy of Divine grace and free will
between the Jesuits and Dominicans was at its height. The
reigning pontiff, Clement VIII, established the fam