Antonius Andreas (c. 1280 in
Tauste,
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...
– 1320) was a Spanish
Franciscan
The Franciscans are a group of related Mendicant orders, mendicant Christianity, Christian Catholic religious order, religious orders within the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi, these orders include t ...
theologian, a pupil of
Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus ( – 8 November 1308), commonly called Duns Scotus ( ; ; "Duns the Scot"), was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher, and theologian. He is one of the four most important ...
.
He was teaching at the
University of Lleida
The University of Lleida (officially in Catalan: ''Universitat de Lleida'') is a university based in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It was the first university founded in Catalonia and in the ancient Crown of Aragon. It was founded in 1300, using the ...
in 1315. He was nicknamed ''Doctor Dulcifluus'', or ''Doctor Scotellus'' (applied as well to
Peter of Aquila
Peter of Aquila, O.F.M., (Scotellus) (d. 1361) was an Italian Friar Minor, theologian and bishop.
Peter was born at L'Aquila in the Abruzzo, Italy, towards the end of the 13th century. In 1334 he figures as a Master of Theology and as Minister ...
).
His ''Quaestiones super XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis'' was printed in 1481.
References
*Marek Gensler, ''The making of Doctor Dulcifluus. Antonius Andreae's contribution to the formation of Scotism'', Anuari de la Societat Catalana de Filosofia 1996, pp. 57–67.
External links
Franaut pageAgainst ordination of women
1280s births
1320 deaths
People from Cinco Villas, Aragon
Spanish Franciscans
Scotism
Year of birth unknown
University of Lleida faculty
14th-century Christian theologians
Medieval Spanish theologians
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