Pedro Cornejo de Pedrosa (1536 – 31 March 1618) was a Spanish Carmelite, theologian, and professor of the University of Salamanca (cf.
Cornejo was born in Salamanca, Spain, and entered the Carmelite order at a young age.
He received his doctorate from the University of Salamanca, and then taught philosophy and theology at the same institution.
[2] Indeed, his reputation was so great that Philip III of Spain had recourse to him for advice on important matters.
[1] Similarly when he traveled to Rome—for the general elections—Robert Cardinal Bellarmine is reported to have consult with him on several occasions, while Pope Paul V, upon hearing him lecture, called him "a truly worthy doctor of the Church of God.