Albert of Cologne

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Albert of Cologne, better known as Albert the Great, was a 13th-century German Dominican friar, philosopher, and theologian renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge and as the teacher of Thomas Aquinas.

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Albert of Cologne canonical 2
Albert of Lauingen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic bishop of Regensburg
Catholic saint
Doctor of the Church
Dominican friar
German person
bishop
human
medieval scholastic philosopher
philosopher
theologian
birthName Albertus Bollstädt
burialPlace St. Andreas Church, Cologne
canonizationStatus canonized saint
canonizedBy Pope Pius XI
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
dateDeclaredDoctorOfTheChurch 1931-12-16
dateOfBirth circa 1200
dateOfCanonization 1931-12-16
dateOfDeath 1280-11-15
declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy Pope Pius XI
era High Middle Ages
ethnicGroup German
feastDay November 15
fieldOfWork Aristotelian philosophy
alchemy
astronomy
botany
ethics
logic
metaphysics
mineralogy
natural philosophy
theology
zoology
influenced St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

late medieval scholasticism
influencedBy Aristotle
Augustine of Hippo
Averroes
Avicenna
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
knownFor encyclopedic knowledge
integration of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology
systematic study of Aristotle
teacher of Thomas Aquinas
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
Middle High German
memberOf Dominican friars
surface form: Dominican Order

Order of Preachers
movement Scholasticism
name Albert of Cologne self-link
Albert the Great
Albert the Great
surface form: Albertus Magnus

Albertus de Colonia
notableStudent Dietrich of Freiberg
St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

Ulrich of Strasbourg
notableWork Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard
De Anima
surface form: De anima (commentary)

De animalibus
De caelo et mundo (commentary)
De mineralibus
De natura boni
De vegetabilibus et plantis
Summa Theologiae
surface form: Summa theologiae (Albertus Magnus)
occupation bishop
friar
philosopher
scientist
teacher
theologian
patronage natural scientists
philosophers
theologians
placeOfBirth Bavaria
Lauingen
placeOfDeath Bishopric of Cologne
surface form: Archbishopric of Cologne

Cologne
positionHeld Bishop of Regensburg
lector at the University of Paris
provincial of the German Dominican province
teacher in Cologne
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
sexOrGender male
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

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Albert the Great hasName Albert of Cologne
Albert the Great hasName Albert of Cologne
this entity surface form: Albert of Lauingen
Albert of Cologne name Albert of Cologne self-link