Duns Scotus

: This page is about John Duns Scotus, not John the Scot.

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Blessed John Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – November 8, 1308) was a theologian and philosopher. Some argue that during his tenure at Oxford, the notion of what differentiates theology from philosophy and science began in earnest.

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He was born in Duns, Borders, Scotland. Ordained a priest in Northampton, England, he studied and taught at Oxford and Paris, and probably also at Cambridge. Finally, he came to Cologne, Germany, in 1307.

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Duns Scotus was one of the most important Franciscan theologians and was the founder of Scotism, a special form of Scholasticism. He was known as Doctor Subtilis because of his subtle merging of differing views. Later philosophers were not so complimentary about his work, and the modern word dunce comes from the name "Dunse" given to his followers.

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Franciscan - Scotism - Scholasticism

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He died in Cologne and is buried in the Church of the Minorites in Cologne. His sarcophagus bears the Latin inscription: "Scotia me genuit. Anglia me suscepit. Gallia me docuit. Colonia me tenet." ("Scotland brought me forth. England sustained me. France taught me. Cologne holds me.") He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1993.

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Minorites - Beatified - Pope John Paul II - 1993

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