Albert the Great

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Catholic saint Doctor of the Church Dominican friar bishop human medieval philosopher natural philosopher philosopher scholar theologian

Albert the Great was a 13th-century Dominican scholar, philosopher, and bishop renowned for his comprehensive knowledge of natural science and theology and as the teacher of Thomas Aquinas.

Aliases (2)

Albertus Magnus ×5
Saint Albert the Great ×1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic saint → Doctor of the Church → Dominican friar → bishop → human → medieval philosopher → natural philosopher → philosopher → scholar → theologian →
birthPlace	Duchy of Bavaria → Holy Roman Empire → Lauingen →
canonizationStatus	canonized saint →
canonizedBy	Pope Pius XI →
countryOfCitizenship	Holy Roman Empire →
deathPlace	Bishopric of Cologne → surface form: "Archbishopric of Cologne" Cologne NERFINISHED → Holy Roman Empire →
educatedAt	University of Padua → University of Paris NERFINISHED →
era	13th century →
fieldOfWork	alchemy → astronomy → botany → ethics → metaphysics → natural science → philosophy → theology → zoology →
hasName	Albert of Cologne → Albert of Cologne → surface form: "Albert of Lauingen" Albert the Great → Albert the Great → surface form: "Albertus Magnus" Albert the Great → surface form: "Saint Albert the Great"
knownFor	comprehensive knowledge of natural science → comprehensive knowledge of theology → integrating Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology → teaching Thomas Aquinas →
memberOf	Order of Preachers → surface form: "Dominican Order" Order of Preachers →
movement	Scholastic theology → surface form: "Scholasticism"
notableStudent	St. Thomas Aquinas → surface form: "Thomas Aquinas"
notableWork	Commentaries on Aristotle → Commentary on the Sentences → surface form: "Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard" De animalibus → Summa Theologiae → surface form: "Summa theologiae (Albert) "
occupation	bishop → philosopher → scientist → teacher → theologian →
patronage	natural scientists → philosophers → students of the natural sciences →
positionHeld	Bishop of Regensburg → professor at the University of Paris → regent master in theology →
religion	Roman Catholicism → surface form: "Catholic Church"
veneratedIn	Roman Catholicism → surface form: "Catholic Church"
workLocation	Cologne NERFINISHED → Paris →