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Also Known As Aegidius Romanus • Doctor Fundatissimus
Born c.1243 • Rome • Italy
Died 1316 • Avignon • France
Subjects Of Study Aristotelianism • Scholasticism • Thomism • authority • papacy
John of Paris
French theologian
William of Ockham
English philosopher
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
St. Gregory the Great
pope
St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Anselm of Canterbury
archbishop and philosopher
Cajetan
Catholic theologian
Paul Of Venice
Italian philosopher
Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Blessed John Duns Scotus
Scottish philosopher and theologian
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Peter Abelard
French theologian and poet
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
Godfrey of Saint-Victor
French philosopher
Suárez, Francisco
Francisco Suárez
Spanish theologian and philosopher
John Philoponus
philosopher and theologian
Isaac Of Stella
English philosopher and theologian
William of Auvergne
French philosopher
Jean Buridan
French philosopher and scientist
Godfrey Of Fontaines
French philosopher and theologian
Gennadios II Scholarios
patriarch of Constantinople

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