CARACCIOLO, Landolfo. — Franciscan theologian, born in Naples around the end of the 13th century, died in Amalfi in 1351. For several years he held the position of judge and perhaps taught in the *studium* of his native city. He was a disciple of John Duns Scotus at the University of Paris and, with every likelihood, taught theology there. After returning to Italy, he governed his religious province. In 1326 he was elected bishop of Castellammare di Stabia and in 1330 transferred to the archiepiscopal see of Amalfi. He was also a prolific and effective preacher.
Highly esteemed at the Angevin court, he was entrusted with important and delicate missions. In theology he followed, though not slavishly, his master Duns Scotus.
He wrote a commentary on the four books of Peter Lombard’s *Sentences* and other minor works, most of which remain unpublished, with the exception of the Commentary on the Second Book of the *Sentences* and a Moral Commentary on the Gospels (Naples 1637).