Saint Albert the Great - November 15
Also known as
Albert of Lauingen
Albertus Magnus
Doctor Expertus
Doctor Universalis
Memorial
15 November
Profile
Son of a military nobleman. Dominican. Priest. Taught theology at Cologne, Germany, and Paris, France. Teacher of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Influential teacher, preacher, and administrator. Bishop of Regensburg, Germany. Introduced Greek and Arabic science and philosophy to medieval Europe. Known for his wide interest in what became known later as the natural sciences – botany, biology, etc. Wrote and illustrated guides to his observations, and was considered on a par with Aristotle as an authority on these matters. Theological writer. Doctor of the Church.
Born
1206 at Lauingen an der Donau, Swabia (part of modern Germany)
Died
15 November 1280 at Cologne, Prussia (part of modern Germany) of natural causes
Beatified
27 November 1622 by Pope Gregory XV
Canonized
16 December 1931 by Pope Pius XI
Patronage
medical technicians
natural sciences, naturalists, natural scientists (proclaimed on 16 December 1941 by Pope Pius XII)
philosophers
schoolchildren
scientists (proclaimed on 13 August 1948 by Pope Pius XII)
students
theology students
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Cincinnati, Ohio, archdiocese of
University of Paris
Representation
man dressed as a Dominican bishop lecturing from a pulpit
man arguing with Saint Thomas Aquinas
Albertus Magnus (Optional Memorial)
Our Lady of Pignerol
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Arnulf of Toul
Assone of Torgau
Caius of Korea
Desiderius of Cahors
Eugene of Toledo
Felix of Nola
Findan
Fintan the Missionary
Flavianus II of Como
Hélène-Marie-Philippine de Chappotin de Neuville
Joseph Mukasa
Joseph Pignatelli
Leopold III
Lucy of Narni
Luperius of Verona
Machudd of Llanfechell
Malo of Aleth
Miguel Díaz Sánchez
Paduinus of Le Mans
Raphael Kalinowski
Sidonius of Saint-Saens
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Martyrs of Hippo – 20 saints
Martyrs of North Africa – 3 saints
Martyred in Brazil
Alonso Rodriguez
Rocco Gonzalez
Martyred in Edessa
Gurias
Shamuna
Martyred in England
Hugh Faringdon
John Rugg
John Thorne
Richard Whiting
Roger James
William Eynon
Martyred in Wilparting
Anianus
Marinus
Aeneas of Faenza
Flavian of Vercelli
Francesco Catani
Gerard of Carcassona
Paulus Pak Gyeong-hwa