It was customary in the European Middle Ages, more precisely in the period of scholasticism which extended into early modern times, to designate the more celebrated among the doctors of theology and l
Doctor Acutissimus
Doctor Arca testamenti; Evangelical Doctor
John Duns Scotus was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher and theologian. He is considered among the most important philosopher-theologians in Western Chr
Scholastic accolades
…Evangelicus Doctor Eximius Doctor Famosus Doctor Illuminatus (Ramon Llull) Doctor Illuminatus et sublimis Doctor Magnus; Doctor Universalis Doctor Marianus Doctor Marianus; Doctor Subtilis Doctor Mellifluus Doctor Mirabilis Doctor Refulgidus D. Scholasticus and Heloïse Doctor Seraphicus; Doctor Devotus Doctor Singularis…
Portrait by Justus van Gent, c. 1476-1478
Plaque commemorating Duns Scotus in the University Church, Oxford
Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne