Albertus Magnus
German Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albertus Magnus[lower-alpha 1] OP (c. 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia[4] or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist, and bishop, considered one of the greatest medieval philosophers and thinkers.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7] The Catholic Church distinguishes him as one of the Doctors of the Church.