Appendix A
Honorific Titles of University Theologians

MEDIEVAL SCHOLASTIC DOCTORS

Angelicus (or Communis or Sanctus) St. Thomas Aquinas, O.P., 1274

Authenticus Gregory of Rimini, O.E.S.A., 1358

Christianissimus (or Venerabilis) Jean Gerson, 1429

Christianus Nicholas of Cusa, 1464

Columna doctorum William of Champeaux, O.S.B., 1121

Correctivus William de la Mare, O.F.M., 1290

Ecstaticus Denys the Carthusian, 1471; Jan Van Ruysbroeck, 1381

Facundus (or Ingeniosus) Peter Aureoli, O.F.M., 1322

Fundatus William de la Ware, O.F.M., 1270

Fundatissimus (or Beatus or Verbosus) Giles of Rome, O.E.S.A, 1316

Illuminatus Francis of Mayronnes, O.F.M., 1325–1327; Raymond Lull, O.F.M., 1315

Illustratus Adam Marsh, O.F.M., 1259; Francis of Marchia, O.F.M., 1345

Invincibilis (or Singularis or Venerabilis Inceptor) William of Ockham, O.F.M., 1349

Irrefragibilis (or Doctorum or Primus) Alexander of Hales, O.F.M., 1245

Magister historiarum Peter Comestor, 1180.

Magister sententiarum (or in commentaries on the Sentences, simply Magister) Peter Lombard, 1164

Magnus (or Universalis or Venerabilis or Expertus) Albertus Magnus, O.P., 1280

Marianus St. Anselm of Canterbury, O.S.B., 1109; John Duns Scotus, O.F.M., 1308

Mellifluus Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist., 1153

Mirabilis (or Admirabilis) Roger Bacon, O.F.M., 1294

Nominatissimus Stephen Langton, 1228

Ornatissimus (or Sufficiens) Peter of Aquila, O.F.M., 1344

Peripateticus palatinus Peter Abelard, 1142

Planus Walter Burley, 1344; Nicolas of Lyra, O.F.M., 1340

Praecellentissumus philosophiae Siger of Brabant, 1274

Praeceptor Germaniae Rhabanus Maurus, 856

Profundus Thomas Bradwardine, 1349

Refulgens (or Refulgidus) Peter of Candia, O.F.M., 1410

Relucens Francis of Marchia, O.F.M., 1345

Resolutissimus Durandus of Saint-Pourçain, O.P., 1334

Scholasticus Anselm of Laon, 1117; 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

Solemnis Henry of Ghent, 1293

Solidus (or Copiosus) Richard of Middleton, O.F.M., 1300

Speculativus James of Viterbo, O.E.S.A., 1307

Sublimis (or Illuminatus) Joannes Tauler, O.P., 1361

Subtilis John Duns Scotus, O.F.M., 1308

Supersubtilis John of Ripa, O.F.M., 1368

Universalis Alan of Lille, 1202

Utilis (or Planus) Nicholas of Lyra, O.F.M., 1340

Venerabilis Inceptor William of Ockham, O.F.M., 1347

Venerandus Godfrey of Fontaines, 1240

OTHER TITLES

Apostolus (or Doctor Gentium) St. Paul

Commentator Averroes; before 1250, sometimes Avicenna

Doctor Gratiae (or Theologus or Magister) Augustine

Philosophus Aristotle