Juan Azor

Juan Azor (1535 to 1603) was a Spanish philosopher and Jesuit priest, born at Lorca in the province of Murcia. He entered the Society of Jesus on 18 March 1559 and became professor of philosophy and later of dogmatic and moral theology at Piacenza, Alcalá and Rome. He sat on the first committee appointed by the Jesuit superior general Acquaviva to draw up the Ratio Studiorum, the order's plan of studies. A man of wide learning in Greek, Hebrew and history, he is best known for his Institutionum Moralium, a three volume work on moral theology published in Rome from 1600 to 1611, which was honoured by a special brief of Pope Clement VIII, was reprinted in many cities, and was recommended by Bossuet. Jean-Pierre Gury called him a moderate Probabiliorist. His commentary on the Song of Songs and other theological writings survive in manuscript.