¶Biography Albertus Magnus o.p. (b. Lauingen 1206 / d. November 15, 1280 Keulen)
¶Variants Albertus Magnus; Magnus, Albertus
* Canonized Dec. 16, 1931; feast day November 15. Dominican bishop and philosopher best known as a teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas and as a proponent of Aristotelianism at the University of Paris. He established the study of nature as a legitimate science wi
thin the Christian tradition. He was the most prolific writer of his century and was the only scholar of his age to be called "the Great"; this title was used even before his death.
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