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German scholar of Christian theology,
philosophy (especially Aristotle), natural
science, chemistry, and physics. He was known
as `doctor universalis' because of the
breadth of his knowledge. Feast day 15 Nov.
He studied at Bologna and Padua, and entered
the Dominican order 1223. He taught at
Cologne and lectured from 1245 at Paris
University. St Thomas Aquinas was his pupil
there, and followed him to Cologne 1248. He
became provincial of the Dominicans in
Germany 1254, and was made bishop of Ratisbon
1260. Two years later he resigned and
eventually retired to his convent at Cologne.
He tried to reconcile Aristotelian thought
with Christian teachings.