Scotus or SCOTUS may refer to: *

Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

* Scotus Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland * ''

SCOTUSblog ''SCOTUSblog'' is a law blog written by lawyers, law professors, and law students about the Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes abbreviated "SCOTUS"). Formerly sponsored by Bloomberg Law, the site tracks cases before the Court from t ...

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Scotus Central Catholic High School Scotus Central Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Columbus, Nebraska, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha. Scotus is the only Catholic high school in Columbus, and is the largest C ...

, Nebraska *

Scotus College Scotus College was a seminary in Bearsden, Glasgow. It was founded in 1985 under the name of Chesters College and in 1993 was reconstituted as Scotus College. It was then the only remaining Roman Catholic seminary in Scotland. Its closure was ...

, Glasgow, Scotland

People named Scotus or Scottus

Aaron Scotus Aaron Scotus, Irish abbot and musician, fl. late 10th century – 14 December 1052. Background Aaron was an Irish abbot and music theorist, the term ''Scotus'' at the time denoting Irish (person). St. Martin's of Cologne A Benedictine, Scotus wa ...

(died 1052), Irish abbot *

Marianus Scotus of Regensburg Marianus Scotus of Regensburg, born Muiredach mac Robartaig, was an Irish abbot and scribe.Butler's Lives of the Saints Alban Butler, Paul Burns - 1998 - Volume 2 - Page 92 "Scotus of Regensburg to distinguish him from a contemporary, Marianus S ...

(died c. 1088), Irish saint *

David the Scot David the Scot (died c. 1138) was a Welsh or Irish cleric who was Bishop of Bangor from 1120 to 1138. There is some doubt as to David's nationality, as he is variously described as Welsh or Irish. Many Irish men living outside Ireland at this ti ...

(died c. 1138), Bishop of Bangor *

David Scotus David Scotus was a Gaelic chronicler who died in 1139. Biography His date of birth is unknown. Early in the twelfth century there was at Würzburg an ecclesiastic and teacher known as David. His surname Scotus shows that he was probably a Gael f ...

(died 1139), Irish historian *

John 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 ...

(died 1308), Scottish theologian and philosopher * ''Haddingtonus Scotus'' (1467–1550), Scottish philosopher, see

John Major (philosopher) John Major (or Mair; also known in Latin as ''Joannes Majoris'' and ''Haddingtonus Scotus''; 1467–1550) was a Scottish philosopher, theologian, and historian who was much admired in his day and was an acknowledged influence on all the great ...

Joseph Scottus Joseph or Josephus Scottus (died between 791 and 804), called the Deacon, was an Irish scholar, diplomat, poet, and ecclesiastic, a figure in the Carolingian Renaissance. He has been cited as an early example of "the scholar in public life".Garri ...

(died near 800), Irish deacon, scholar, diplomat, poet, and ecclesiastic *

John Scotus Eriugena John Scotus Eriugena, also known as Johannes Scotus Erigena, John the Scot, or John the Irish-born ( – c. 877) was an Irish Neoplatonist philosopher, theologian and poet of the Early Middle Ages. Bertrand Russell dubbed him "the most ...

(), Irish theologian *

John Scotus (bishop of Dunkeld) John Scotus (Latin: ''Johannes cognomine Scotus'', also referred to as John the Scot or l'Escot) was a 12th-century bishop of St. Andrews and Dunkeld. John had studied at the University of Oxford and the University of Paris before beginning his ...

(12th century), Bishop of St Andrews and Dunkeld * John Scotus (bishop of Mecklenburg) ( – 1066), Bishop of Mecklenburg and Glasgow *

Marianus Scotus of Mainz Marianus Scotus (1028–1082 or 1083) was an Irish monk and chronicler. He authored the ''Chronica Clara'', a history of the world. Name Marianus Scotus is Latin for "Marian the Scot", although that term at the time was still inclusive of t ...

(1028 – ), Irish monk *

(died about 1088), Irish abbot of St Peter's at Ratisbon (Regensburg) * ''Marius Scotus'' (8th–9th century), a Scottish paladin of Charlemagne, see

Ruspoli family The House of Ruspoli is historically one of the great aristocratic families of Rome, but is originally from Florence. Following World War II and the fall of Fascism, the newly established Italian Republic officially abolished titles and hereditary ...

Michael Scot Michael Scot (Latin: Michael Scotus; 1175 – ) was a Scottish mathematician and scholar in the Middle Ages. He was educated at Oxford and Paris, and worked in Bologna and Toledo, where he learned Arabic. His patron was Frederick II of the H ...

(Latin: ''Michael Scotus''; 1175 – ), mathematician and scholar *

Sedulius Scottus Sedulius Scotus or Scottus ( fl. 840–860) was an Irish teacher, Latin grammarian, and scriptural commentator who lived in the 9th century. During the reign of the Emperor Lothair (840–855), he was one of a colony of Irish teachers at Liège. ...

(9th century), Irish teacher, grammarian and Scriptural commentator

People named Scotus or Scottus

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