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Albertus Magnus

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St. Albertus Magnus, O.P.
Saunt Albertus Magnus, a fresco bi Tommaso da Modena (1352), Kirk o San Nicolò, Treviso, Italy
Religious, Bishop, an Doctor o the Kirk
Bornca. 1200
Lauingen, Duchy o Bavarie
Dee'dNovember 15, 1280
Cologne, Haly Roman Empire
Veneratit inCatholic Kirk
Beatified1622, Roum, Papal States, by Pape Gregory XV
Canonised1931, Vatican City, by Pape Pius XI
Major shrineSt. Andrew's Kirk, Cologne, Germany
FeastNovember 15
PatronageCincinnati, Ohio; medical technicians; naitural sciences; philosophers; scientists; students; Warld Youth Day

Albertus Magnus, O.P. (afore 1200 – November 15, 1280), forby kent as Albert the Great an Albert o Cologne, is a Catholic Saunt. He wis a German Dominican friar an a Catholic bishop. He wis kent durin his lifetime as doctor universalis an doctor expertus an, late in his life, the term magnus wis appendit tae his name.[1] Scholars sic as James A. Weisheipl an Joachim R. Söder hae refert tae him as the greatest German philosopher an theologian o the Middle Ages.[2] The Catholic Kirk honours him as a Doctor o the Kirk, wan o anely 36 sae honoured.

References

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  1. Weisheipl, James A. (1980), "The Life and Works of St. Albert the Great", in Weisheipl, James A. (ed.), Albertus Magnus and the Sciences: Commemorative Essays, Studies and texts, 49, Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, p. 46, ISBN 0-88844-049-9
  2. Joachim R. Söder, "Albert der Grosse – ein staunen- erregendes Wunder,” Wort und Antwort 41 (2000): 145; J.A. Weisheipl, "Albertus Magnus,” Joseph Strayer ed., Dictionary of the Middle Ages 1 (New York: Scribner, 1982) 129.