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6 unusual facts about Albertus Magnus


African Golden Oriole

The name "oriole" was first recorded (in the Latin form oriolus) by Albertus Magnus in about 1250, and was stated by him to be onomatopoeic, from the song of the Golden Oriole.

Herman of Carinthia

Many medieval authors refer to Herman's work, for instance Albert the Great (Albert von Bollstädt, Albertus Magnus), instructor to Thomas Aquinas, in his work Speculum astronomiae.

Laws of attraction

In 1250, Albertus Magnus applied the conception of ‘affinity’ to chemical systems and postulated four laws of affinity.

Manuel Joël

He showed how Albertus Magnus derived some of his ideas from Maimonides and how Spinoza was indebted to the same writer, as well as to Hasdai Crescas.

Medieval gardening

Albertus Magnus, De vegetabilibus et plantis (c. 1260): records design precepts on the continent

Plato Tiburtinus

His manuscripts were widely circulated and were among others used by Albertus Magnus and Fibonacci.


Abraham Solomon ben Isaac ben Samuel Catalan

Catalan also translated into Hebrew Albertus Magnus's Philosophia Pauperum, under the title Kitztzur ha-Philosophia ha-Chib'it (Synopsis of Natural Philosophy), and Marsilius of Inghen's Questions, under the title Sha'alot u-Teshubot (Questions and Answers).

Albertus Magnus High School

Albertus Magnus High School is a Catholic, co-educational high school located in Bardonia, New York, named after the German philosopher and theologian of the same name.


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Albertus Magnus High School

Albertus Magnus High School is administered by the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary Sparkill, New York, which was founded on May 6, 1876 in New York City by Mother Catherine Mary Antoninus Thorpe.