Surnames of Famous Doctors

• Abstractionum — Francis Mayron, O.F.M., 1325 or 1327.
• Acutissimus — Sixtus IV, 1484.
• Acutus — Gabriel Vasquez, S.J., 1604.
• Amoenus — Robert Conton, O.F.M., 1340.
• Angelicus — St. Thomas Aquinas, O.P., 1274.
• Arca testamenti — St. Anthony of Padua, 1231.
• Authenticus — Gregory of Rimini, O.S.A., 1358.
• Averroista et philosophiae parens — Urbanus, O.S.M., 1403.
• Beatus et fundatissimus — Ægidius of Colonna, O.S.A., 1316.
• Bonus — Walter Brinkley, O.F.M., 1310.
• Christianus — Nicholas of Cusa, 1464.
• Clarus — Louis of Montesinos, 1621.
• Clarus ac subtilis — Denis of Cîteaux, 15th cent.
• Collectivus — Landolfo Caracciolo, O.F.M., 1351.
• Columna doctorum — William of Champeaux, O.S.B., 1121.
• Contradictionum — Johann Wessel, 1489.
• Divinus Ecstaticus — John Ruysbroeck, Can. Reg., 1381.
• Doctor doctorum Scholasticus — Anselm of Laon, 1117.
• Dulcifluus — Antonius Andreas, O.F.M., 1320.
• Ecstaticus — Denys the Carthusian, 1471.
• Eminens — St. John of Matha, O.Trin., 1213.
• Emporium theologiae — Laurent Gervais, O.P., 1483.
• Exellentissimus — Antonio Corsetti, 1503.
• Eximius — Francisco Francisco Suárez, S.J., 1617.
• Facundus — Petrus Aureoli, O.F.M., 1322.
• Famosissimus — Petrus Alberti, O.S.B., 1426.
• Famosus — Bertrand de la Tour, O.F.M., 1334.
• Fertilis — Francis of Candia, O.F.M., 15th cent.
• Flos mundi — Maurice O'Fiehely, O.F.M. Abp of Tuam, 1513.
• Fundamentalis — Joannes Faber of Bordeaux, 1350.
• Fundatissimus — see Beatus.
• Fundatus — William Ware, O.F.M., 1270.
• Illibatus — Alexander Alamannicus, O.F.M., 15th cent.
• Illuminatus — Francis Mayron, O.F.M., 1325-27; Raymond Lully, O.F.M., 1315.
• Illuminatus et sublimis — Joannes Tauler, O.P., 1361.
• Illustratus — Franciscus Picenus, O.F.M., 14th cent.
• Illustris — Adam of Marisco, O.F.M., 1308.
• Inclytus — William Mackelfield, O.P., 1300.
• Ingeniosissimus — Andrew of Newcastle, O.F.M., 1300.
• Inter Aristotelicos Aristotelicissimus — Haymo of Faversham, O.F.M., 1244.
• Invincibilis — Petrus Thomas, O.F.M., 14th cent.
• Irrefragibilis — Alexander of Hales, O.F.M., 1245.
• Magister Sententiarum — Peter Lombard, 1164.
• Magnus — Albertus Magnus, O.P., 1280; Gilbert of Cîteaux, O.Cist, 1280.
• Marianus — St. Anselm of Canterbury, O.S.B., 1109.
• Mellifluus — Bernard, O.Cist, 1153.
• Mirabilis — Antonio Perez, S.J., 1649; Roger Bacon, O.F.M., 1294.
• Moralis — Gerard Eudo, O.F.M., 1349.
• Notabilis — Pierre de l'Ile, O.F.M., 14th cent.
• Ordinatissimus — Johannes de Bassolis, O.F.M., c. 1347.
• Ornatissimus et sufficiens — Petrus de Aquila, O.F.M., 1344.
• Parisiensis — Guy de Perpignan, O.Carm, 1342.
• Planus et utilis — Nicolas de Lyre, O.F.M., 1340.
• Praeclarus — Peter of Kaiserslautern, O.Praem, 1330.
• Praestantissimus — Thomas Netter (of Walden), O.Carm, 1431.
• Profundissimus — Paul of Venice, O.S.A., 1428; Gabriel Biel, Can. Reg., 1495; Juan Alfonso Curiel, O.S.B., 1609.
• Profundus — Thomas Bradwardine, 1349.
• Refulgidus — Alexander V, 1410.
• Resolutissimus — Durandus of Saint-Pourcain, O.P., 1334.
• Resolutus — John Bacon, O.Carm., 1346.
• Scholasticus — Peter Abelard, 1142; Gilbert de la Porrée, 1154; Peter Lombard, 1164; Peter of Poitiers, 1205; Hugh of Newcastle, O.F.M., 1322.
• Seraphicus — St. Bonaventure, O.F.M., 1274.
• Singularis et invincibilis — William of Occam, O.F.M., 1347 or 1359.
• Solemnis — Henry of Ghent, 1293.
• Solidus Copiosus — Richard of Middleton, O.F.M., 1300.
• Speculativus — James of Viterbo, O.S.A., 1307.
• Sublimis — Francis de Bachone, O.Carm., 1372; Jean Courte-Cuisse, 1425.
• Subtilis — Duns Scotus, O.F.M., 1308.
• Subtilissimus — Peter of Mantua, 14th cent.
• Succinctus — Francis of Ascoli, c. 1344.
• Universalis — Alanus of Lille, 1202; Gilbert, Bishop. of London, 1134.
• Venerabilis et Christianissimus — Jean Gerson, 1429.
• Venerandus — Geoffroy de Fontibus, O.F.M., 1240.
• Vitae Arbor — Johannes Wallensis, O.F.M., 1300

• Aristotelis Anima — Johannes Dondus, 1380.
• Doctor a Doctoribus — Antonius Franciscus, 1528.
• Fons Canonum — Johannes Andrea, 1348.
• Fons Juris Utriusque — Henry of Susa (Ostia), 1267-81.
• Lucerna Juris — Baldus de Ubaldis, 1400.
• Lucerna Juris Pontificii — Nicholas Tedeschi, O.S.B., 1445.
• Lumen Juris — Clement IV, 1268.
• Lumen Legum — Irnerius, 13th cent.
• Memoriosissimus — Ludovicus Pontanus, 1439.
• Monarcha Juris — Bartholomew of Saliceto, 1412.
• Os Aureum — Bulgarus, 1166.
• Pacificus (Proficuus) — Nicolas Bonet, O.F.M., 1360.
• Pater Decretalium — Gregory IX, 1241.
• Pater et Organum Veritatis — Innocent IV, 1254.
• Pater Juris — Innocent III, 1216.
• Pater Peritorum — Pierre de Belleperche, 1307.
• Planus ac Perspicuus — Walter Burleigh, 1337.
• Princeps Subtilitatum — Francesco d'Accolti, 1486.
• Speculator — William Durandus, 1296.
• Speculum Juris — Bartholus of Sassoferrato, 1359.
• Subtilis — Benedict Raymond, 1440; Filippo Corneo, 1462.
• Verus — Thomas Doctius, Siena, 1441

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APA citation. Pace, E. (1909). Surnames of Famous Doctors. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05074a.htm

MLA citation. Pace, Edward. "Surnames of Famous Doctors." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05074a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Gerard Haffner.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. May 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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