Albertus Magnus
<p><b >Albertus Magnus</b>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order" >O.P.</a> (before 1200 – November 15, 1280), also known as <b >Albert the Great</b> and <b >Albert of Cologne</b>, is a Catholic saint. He was a German <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order" >Dominican</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friar" title="Friar" >friar</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_bishop" title="Catholic bishop" class="mw-redirect" >Catholic bishop</a>. He was known during his lifetime as <i >doctor universalis</i> and <i >doctor expertus</i> and, late in his life, the term <i >magnus</i> was appended to his name.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Magnus#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> Scholars such as James A. Weisheipl and Joachim R. Söder have referred to him as the greatest German philosopher and theologian of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages" >Middle Ages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Magnus#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church" >Catholic Church</a> honours him as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_the_Church" title="Doctor of the Church" >Doctor of the Church</a>, one of only 35 so honoured.</p>
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