Thomas Bradwardine was an English cleric, scholar, mathematician, physicist, courtier and, very briefly, Archbishop of Canterbury. As a celebrated scholastic philosopher and doctor of theology, he is often called Doctor Profundus.
Codex in Latin with the work Geometria speculativa, illustrated by Cola Rapino's workshop (1495)
Geometria speculativa, 1495
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 law by epithets or surnames which were supposed to express their characteristic excellence or dignity. The following list exhibits the principal surnames with the dates of death.
Doctor Acutissimus
Doctor Angelicus
Doctor Arca testamenti; Evangelical Doctor
Doctor Christianus