GONSAVLO ISPANO, known as of Vallebona or of Balboa. — Franciscan theologian, born in Galicia, died in Paris on 13 April 1313. A friar in the province of St James, of which he became minister around 1290. He completed his studies in Paris; he obtained the bachelor’s degree around 1288, and the master’s around 1301. In the academic year 1302–1303 he was regent master at the University of Paris, which he was forced to leave following the dispute between Philip IV the Fair and Boniface VIII, having refused to subscribe to the king’s proposal to summon a general council against the Pope. In Spain he was elected minister of the province of Castile, and at the general chapter of 1304 in Assisi, minister general of the Order. During this office he presented G. Duns Scotus, whom he had known for a long time, to the University of Paris for the attainment of the master’s degree, with a letter dated 18 November 1304, which is the first and most flattering praise of the “Subtle Doctor.”
His principal writings include the *Conclusions theolo-