St. Albertus Magnus

Saint Albertus Magnus
Doctor Universalis
Born	c. 1193 Lauingen, Suabia, Duchy of Bavaria
Died	15 November 1280 Cologne, Holy Roman Empire
Beatified	1622 by Pope Gregory XV
Canonised	16 December 1931, Vatican City
Major shrine	St. Andrew's Church, Cologne
Feast	15 November
Attributes	Dominican habit, mitre, book, quill
Patronage	Natural scientists, philosophers

Saint Albertus Magnus (or Albert of Cologne; c. 1193 - 15 November 1280) was a Bavarian Catholic priest and friar of Dominican Order, a natural scientist, philosopher, alchemist, astronomer, jurist, &c.

Selected Bibliography

Modern Translations

• (in English) Being the Approved, Verified, Sympathic and Natural Egyptian Secrets - or - White and Black Art for Man and Beast. Revealing the Forbidden Knowledge and Mysteries of Ancient Philosophers., 1900, https://archive.org/details/albertusmagnusbe00albe 

Reading

• Helmken, Frz. Theod.; Watkins, J. W. (trans.) (1881), "Albertus Magnus and the Cathedral", The Cathedral of Cologne, Its Legends, History, Architecture, Decorates and Art Treasures, Cologne: J. & W. Boisserée, p. 10-13, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yul.12283682_000_00&view=1up&seq=12 
• Walsh, James J. (1909), "Albertus Magnus: Philosopher, Theologian, Scientist", Catholic Churchmen in Science: Sketches of the Lives of Catholic Ecclesiastics Who Were Among the Great Founders in Science, Philadelphia: American Ecclesiastical Review, p. 21-58, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3136652&view=1up&seq=41 
• Thorndike, Lynn (1923), "Albertus Magnus", A History of Magic and Experimental Science During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era, 2, New York: Macmillan Co., p. 517-592, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015001528754&view=1up&seq=525 

Notes

• The typeface Albertus, designed by Berthold Wolpe, used in The Prisoner and John Carpenter credits, was named for St. Albertus.