John Philo
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* Szobotist, 1720–1725 c. – † Nagyszombat, November 12, 1786 / Roman Catholic priest, theology teacher ; ; From 1739 he studied theology in Vienna. He served as a pastor in several places. From 1769 he was a canon of Esztergom, from 1773 he was archdeacon of Bars. Between 1770 and 1778 he was the director of the priest training institute of Nagyszombat. A reactionary legal philosopher with a scholastic outlook, he attacked the secular, Martini-like trend of natural law and defended natural law derived from religion. ; ; His main works: Jus naturae pro ; novello in vinea domini operario deductum ex demonstrato fine hominis…, 1781.