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He studied with Tomas de Lemos (1545-1629) at University of Valladolid.
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Nicholas Riccardi
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Niccolo Riccardi (1585-1639), student of Lemos (1545-1629) at Valladolid, professor of Theology at the College in 1621. Granted Galileo the imprimatur for his "Diologue" in 1630
After completing his studies he was made a professor of Thomistic theology at Pincia. While discharging his academic duties, he acquired a reputation as a preacher: Philip III of Spain named him "The Marvel", a sobriquet by which he was subsequently known in Spain and at Rome.
In Rome from 1621, he acquired the confidence of Pope Urban VIII. He was made regent of studies and professor of theology at the College of Saint Thomas, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.
In 1629 Urban VIII appointed him Master of the Sacred Palace to succeed Niccolò Ridolfi, recently elected Master General of the Dominicans. Shortly after this the same pontiff appointed him pontifical preacher.
