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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Label Occurrences
Albert of Cologne canonical 8
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 Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. 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 Order ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars

Order of Preachers ⓘ
movement Scholasticism ⓘ
name Albert of Cologne ⓘ
Albert the Great ⓘ
Albertus Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Albert the Great

Albertus de Colonia ⓘ
notableStudent Dietrich of Freiberg ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

Ulrich of Strasbourg ⓘ
notableWork Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard ⓘ
De anima (commentary) ⓘ
linked to: De Anima

De animalibus ⓘ
De caelo et mundo (commentary) ⓘ
De mineralibus ⓘ
De natura boni ⓘ
De vegetabilibus et plantis ⓘ
Summa theologiae (Albertus Magnus) ⓘ
linked to: Summa Theologiae
occupation bishop ⓘ
friar ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
patronage natural scientists ⓘ
philosophers ⓘ
theologians ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bavaria ⓘ
Lauingen ⓘ
placeOfDeath Archbishopric of Cologne ⓘ
Cologne ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Regensburg ⓘ
lector at the University of Paris ⓘ
provincial of the German Dominican province ⓘ
teacher in Cologne ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
veneratedIn Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albert the Great → hasName → Albert of Cologne ⓘ
Albert the Great → hasName → Albert of Lauingen ⓘ
linked to: Albert of Cologne
Albert of Cologne → name → Albert of Cologne ⓘ
De natura boni → author → Albert of Cologne ⓘ
De mineralibus → traditionalAuthor → Albert of Cologne ⓘ
De vegetabilibus et plantis → author → Albert of Cologne ⓘ
De caelo et mundo (commentary) → author → Albert of Cologne ⓘ
Albertus de Colonia → alsoKnownAs → Albert of Cologne ⓘ