In 1254 Albertus was made provincial of the Dominican Order, and fulfilled the arduous duties of the office with great care and efficiency.

Albertus is frequently mentioned by Dante, who made his doctrine of free will the basis of his ethical system.

Albertus is recorded as having made a mechanical automaton in the form of a brass head that would answer questions put to it.

In the 18th century fine clavicytheria were made by Albertus Delin, a Flemish builder.

This is drawn from a speech made by Albertus van Raalte, the leader of the community, on the occasion of the founding of the Pioneer School in 1851: " This is my anchor of hope for this people in the future ," ( an allusion to Hebrews 6: 19 ).

Albertus ' activity, however, was more philosophical than theological ( see Scholasticism ).

Scholasticism dominated both the philosophical and theological landscape in the Middle Ages, with theologians such as Aquinas, Anselm of Canterbury, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Peter Abelard, Bonaventure, and Albertus Magnus playing key role in both philosophy and theology.

Based on the Paracelsian concept of three essentials, Body, Soul and Spirit, Frater Albertus developed a system of teaching alchemical concepts using the spagyric technique of separation and cohobation.

In a work entitled De Obitus Leonis, the author, Libuinus, reported an unusual celestial phenomenon which was seen on the day that Leo IX died by a group of pilgrims lead by a certain Albertus, who were in the region of Todi ( Umbria north of Rome ).

Strong influences on the film were Bibi Andersson ( with whom Bergman was in a relationship 1955 – 59 ) who played the juggler's wife Mia, Picasso's picture of the two acrobats, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Strindberg's Folk Sagas and To Denmark, the frescoes at Haskeborga church and a painting by Albertus Pictor in Täby kyrka.

Albertus Magnus noted that the " power " of both calamine and tutty could evaporate and described how the addition of powdered glass could create a film to bind it to the metal.

Augustine of Hippo, Pope Innocent VIII, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Peter of Paluda, Martin of Arles and Ludovico Maria Sinistrari believed that demons could fecundate women, but Ulrich Molitor, Heinrich Kramer, Jacob Sprenger and Nicholas Remy disagreed.

They could be “ countless lamps ” caused by Albertus cited in De Obitus Leonis, that the supernova had been present or not.

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, the character of Alberto Mallich ( founder of the Unseen University and later Death's manservant Albert ) is a sly nod to Albertus Magnus in his more legendary and esoteric guise.

A late account by Rudolph de Novamagia refers to Albertus ' encounter with the Blessed Virgin Mary, who convinced him to enter Holy Orders.

In his Divine Comedy, Dante places Albertus with his pupil Thomas Aquinas among the great lovers of wisdom ( Spiriti Sapienti ) in the Heaven of the Sun.

Albertus is also mentioned, along with Agrippa and Paracelsus, in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in which his writings influence a young Victor Frankenstein.

One of these almost intelligent automata was attributed to Albertus Magnus, and it is said that St Thomas ( Thomas Aquinas ) destroyed it with one blow from a stick because he was perplexed by its answers.

Leiden's reputation as the " city of books " continued through the 19th century with the establishment of publishing dynasties by Evert Jan Brill and Albertus Willem Sijthoff.

In 1832, the collection was reissued with 20 additional poems under the name Albertus.

" The book contains proverbs from various authors, reaching from the time of King Solomon to nearly his own time with Albertus Magnus.

It was not their Intention in the least at that Time to molest their Neighbours and Fellow Christians with Collections, for it has the appearance last Fall, as if they should have a promising Crop this Harvest, but that Hope is all lost for the most part of the Grane is kill'd with the Frost, and the Rest is destroy'd by the Insects, and now they have such a heavy Debt to pay, which they are not able to discharge out of their own Pokets: So they are obliged to implore all good-minded Christians who has it in their Hearts to promote the kingdom of Christ to assist them and lay some mite for the said Building of the said Church in the Hands of their Fellow Brothers wiiich they have send for that purpose Namely Albertus Simon and Jacob Weager.

For example, Bergman has stated that the image of a man playing chess with a skeletal Death was inspired by a medieval church painting from the 1480s in Täby kyrka, Täby, north of Stockholm, painted by Albertus Pictor.

Adam probably had contact with a number of important theologians, poets, and musicians of his day, including Peter Abelard and Hugh of St Victor, and he may have taught Albertus Parisiensis.

Scholars such as Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas interpreted and systematized Aristotle's works in accordance with Christian theology.

" He went up to London about 1580, but in 1583 when Albertus Alasco ( Albert Laski ), a Polish nobleman, was entertained at Christ Church, Peele was entrusted with the arrangement of two Latin plays by William Gager ( fl.

In the 2010 regional elections, SWAPO's Jan Albertus Scholtz won the constituency with 3, 526 votes.

According to Albertus Strepa, count Hujd entered Galicia in 1236 with a small Hungarian army in order to enter the service of Daniel of Galicia, and was rewarded with lands that his descendents settled.

), and it is possible that these, along with the planets, formed the “ countless lamps ” in Albertus ' account.

His use of Albertus and hand-painted lettering became strongly identified with Faber jackets in the years that followed, and continued from 1958 on the Faber paper covered Editions.

When George Albertus Cox, a prosperous insurance agent for Canada Life and several times Mayor of Peterborough, took over as President of the MR in August 1878 it was soon apparent that here was a character with a natural affinity for making money who would shake things up.

The great representatives of Dominican thinking in this period were Albertus Magnus and ( especially ) Thomas Aquinas, whose artful synthesis of Greek rationalism and Christian doctrine eventually came to define Catholic philosophy.

Christian scholars, including Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas, defer to him frequently.

In addition to " The Long-Lost-Friend ," Hohman also wrote and published, or at least had attributed to him, a number of further books in German, including Unsers Herran Jesu Christi Kinderbuch, oder, Merkwurdige Historische Beschreibung Von Joachim Und Anna ( Our Lord Jesus Christ's Childhood-Book, or, The Strange Historical Description of Joachim and Anna ), and Albertus Magnus, oder, Der Lange Verborgene und Getreuer und Christlicher Unterricht fur Jedermann ( Albertus Magnus, or, Long Lost and True and Christian Instructions for Everyone ).

Albertus Magnus ( c. 1200 – 1280 ) was among the first among medieval scholars to apply Aristotle's philosophy to Christian thought.

A notable supporter of this now traditional division into three is Albertus Klijn ( 1992 ) who writes that " The presence of three Jewish Christian Gospels is an established fact.

Regarded as the work of a Christian philosopher, it became a bone of contention between the Platonist Franciscans led by Duns Scotus, who supported Gabirol, and the Aristotelian Dominicans led by St. Albertus Magnus and St. Thomas Aquinas.

Israeli's work was quoted and paraphrased by a number of Christian thinkers including Gundissalinus, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Vincent de Beauvais, Bonaventura, Roger Bacon and Nicholas of Cusa.

With the translation of the Tetrabiblos into Latin in the 12th century, " Ptolemaic astrology " became integrated by Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas into medieval Christian doctrine.

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the earliest use ( as " Androides ") to Ephraim Chambers ' Cyclopaedia, in reference to an automaton that St. Albertus Magnus allegedly created.

It was first documented by Albertus Magnus in 1250.

Albertus Magnus, O. P.

Albertus was born sometime between 1193 and 1206 to the Count of Bollstädt in Lauingen in Bavaria.

Contemporaries such as Roger Bacon applied the term " Magnus " to Albertus during his own lifetime, referring to his immense reputation as a scholar and philosopher.

Albertus was educated principally at Padua, where he received instruction in Aristotle's writings.

During this time Thomas Aquinas began to study under Albertus.

Bust of Albertus Magnus by Vincenzo Onofri, c. 1493

Albertus was the first to comment on virtually all of the writings of Aristotle, thus making them accessible to wider academic debate.

Roman sarcophagus containing the relics of Albertus Magnus in the crypt of St. Andreas church in Cologne, Germany

Albertus was beatified in 1622.

Albertus Magnus monument at the University of Cologne.

Albertus ' writings collected in 1899 went to thirty-eight volumes.

Most modern knowledge of Aristotle was preserved and presented by Albertus.

In the centuries since his death, many stories arose about Albertus as an alchemist and magician.

According to legend, Albertus Magnus is said to have discovered the philosopher's stone and passed it to his pupil Thomas Aquinas, shortly before his death.

" Given that Thomas Aquinas died six years before Albertus Magnus ' death, this legend as stated is unlikely.

However, it is true that Albertus was deeply interested in astrology, as has been articulated by scholars such as Paola Zambelli.