SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™

Albertus Magnus

1193-01-01 – 1280-00-00

Albertus Magnuslabel QS:Len,"Albertus Magnus"label QS:Lde,"Albert der Große"label QS:Lit,"Alberto Magno"Credit: Tommaso da Modena

Life & Legacy

Albertus Magnus (c. 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia, Albert von Bollstadt, or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist, and bishop. He is considered one of the greatest medieval philosophers and thinkers.
Canonized in 1931, he was known during his lifetime as Doctor universalis and Doctor expertus; late in his life the sobriquet Magnus was appended to his name. Scholars such as James A. Weisheipl and Joachim R. Söder have referred to him as the greatest German philosopher and theologian of the Middle Ages. The Catholic Church distinguishes him as one of the Doctors of the Church.

Occupation & Career

chemist, musicologist, philosopher, writer, economist, astrologer, entomologist, theologian, geographer, botanist, Catholic bishop, teacher, alchemist, naturalist, bishop, Catholic theologian

Education

University of Padua; University of Paris

Faith & Community

Catholic Church

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

De homine; De vegetabilis et plantis libri septem; De mineralibus; Secreta mulierum; De passionibus aeris; De meteoris; De quindecim problematibus; De animalibus; Quaestiones super De Animalibus; Biblia mariana; Metaphysica; Super Ethica; De intellectu et intelligibili; Super Dionysium De divinis nominibus

Legacy Highlights

Church

Catholic Church

Employer

University of Paris

Notable Work

Biblia mariana · De animalibus · De homine · De intellectu et intelligibili · De meteoris · De mineralibus · De passionibus aeris · De quindecim problematibus · De vegetabilis et plantis libri septem · Metaphysica · Quaestiones super De Animalibus · Secreta mulierum · Super Dionysium De divinis nominibus · Super Ethica