Scholastic accolades
It was in the Middle Ages - and more precisely in the period of scholasticism - equip customary famous scholar of theology and philosophy with epithets, which bring their characteristic strength or dignity expressed. This tradition is attested to in the early modern period. The following list outlines the main nickname on the year of death.
Theology / Philosophy
- Doctor Abstractionum: Francis Mayron, OFM 1325
- Doctor Acutissimus: Sixtus IV in 1484
- Pierius Magnus: Pier Gerlofs Donia 1516
- Doctor acutus: Gabriel Vásquez SJ 1604
- Doctor Amoenus: Robert Cowton OFM 1340
- Doctor Amoris: Francis de Sales in 1622
- Angelic Doctor Thomas Aquinas OP 1274
- Doctor apostolicus: Lawrence of Brindisi 1619
- Doctor Arca testamenti: Anthony of Padua 1231
- Doctor Authenticus Gregory of Rimini OSA 1358
- Doctor Averroista et philosophiae parens: Urbanus OSM 1403
- Doctor Beatus et fundatissimus: Aegidius Romanus OSA 1316
- Doctor bonus or planus et perspicuus: Walter Burley 1310 OFM
- Doctor Christianus: Nicholas of Cusa 1464
- Doctor Clarus: Louis de Montesinos 1621
- Doctor Clarus ac subtilis: Denis of Citeaux 15th century
- Doctor Collectivus: Landolfo Caracciolo, OFM, 1351
- Columna Doctor of Doctors: William of Champeaux, OSB 1121
- Doctor Communis: Thomas Aquinas OP 1274
- Doctor Conciliator Pietro d' Abano
- Doctor Contradictionum: Johann Wessel 1489
- Doctor Divinus Ecstaticus: Jan van Ruysbroek 1381
- Doctor Doctor doctorum Scholasticus: Anselm of Laon 1117
- Doctor Dulcifluus: Anthony Andrew ( Andre Antoine ) OFM 1320
- Doctor Ecstaticus: Dionysius the Carthusian 1471
- Doctor eminens: John of Matha 1213
- Doctor Emporium Theologiae: Laurent Gervais OP 1483
- Doctor evangelicus: John Wyclif 1384
- Doctor excellentissimus: Antonio Corsetti 1503
- Doctor Eximius: Francisco Suarez SJ 1617
- Doctor Facundus: Peter Aureoli OFM 1322
- Doctor Famosissimus: Peter Alberti OSB 1426
- Doctor Famosus: Bertrand de la Tour OFM 1334
- Doctor fertilis: Francis of Candia, OFM, 15th century
- Doctor Flos mundi: Maurice O'Fiehely OFM 1513
- Doctor Fundamentalis: Joannes Faber of Bordeaux 1350
- Doctor Fundatissimus: Aegidius Romanus 1316; Willem Hessels van Est 1613
- Doctor Illibatus: Alexander Alamannicus OFM 15th century
- Doctor Illuminatus: Francis Mayron, OFM, 1325-27; Raymond Lully, OFM 1315
- Doctor Illuminatus et sublimis: Johannes Tauler OP 1361
- Doctor Illustratus: Franciscus OFM Picenus 14th century
- Doctor Illustris: Adam of Marisco, OFM 1308
- Doctor Inclytus: William Mackelfield OP 1300
- Doctor Ingeniosissimus: Andrew of Newcastle, OFM, 1300
- Doctor Inter Aristotelicos Aristotelicissimus Haymo of Faversham, OFM 1244
- Doctor invincibilis: Peter Thomas, OFM 14th century
- Doctor Irrefragibilis: Alexander of Hales, OFM 1245
- Doctor Master of the Sentences by Peter Lombard in 1164
- Doctor Magnus Albertus Magnus OP 1280; Gilbert of Citeaux OCist 1280
- Doctor Marianus: Anselm of Canterbury OSB 1109; Duns Scotus
- Doctor Mellifluus: Bernard of Clairvaux OCist 1153
- Doctor Mirabilis: Antonio Perez, SJ 1649; Roger Bacon, OFM 1294
- Doctor Moralis: Gerard Eudo OFM 1349
- Doctor Notabilis: Pierre de l' Ile OFM 14th century
- Doctor Ordinatissimus: Johannes de Bassolis OFM 1344
- Doctor ornatissimus et sufficiens: Peter de Aquila OFM 1344
- Doctor Pacificus: Nicolas Bonet OFM 1343
- Doctor Parisiensis: Guy de Perpignan O. Carm 1342
- Doctor planus et utilis: Nicolas de Lyre OFM 1340
- Doctor Praeclarus: Peter Kaiserslautern OPraem 1330
- Doctor Praestantissimus: Thomas Netter of Walden O. Carm 1431
- Doctor Profundissimus: Paul Venetus OSA 1428; Gabriel Biel 1495; Juan Alfonso Curiel OSB 1609
- Doctor profundus: Thomas Bradwardine 1349
- Doctor Rarus: Hervaeus Natalis.
- Doctor Refulgidus: Alexander V. 1410
- Doctor Resolutissimus: Doctor Praeclarus OP 1334
- Doctor Resolutus: John Bacon O. Carm 1346
- Doctor Scholasticus: Anselm of Laon; Peter Abelard, 1142; Gilbert of Poitiers, 1154; Peter Lombard, 1164; Peter of Poitiers, 1205; Hugh of Newcastle, OFM, 1322
- Doctor Scotellus: Antonius Andreas, Peter of Aquila, Stephen Brûlefer
- Seraphic Doctor: Bonaventure OFM 1274
- Doctor Singularis et invincibilis: William of Occam, OFM 1347
- Doctor Solemnis: Henry of Ghent 1293
- Doctor Solidus Copiosus: Richard of Middleton, OFM 1300
- Doctor Speculativus: James of Viterbo OSA 1307
- Doctor Sublimis: Francis de O. Carm Bachone 1372; Jean Courte - Cuisse 1425
- Doctor Subtilis: Duns Scotus, OFM 1308
- Doctor Subtilissimus: Peter of Mantua, 14th century
- Doctor succinctus: Francis of Ascoli 1344.
- Doctor Universalis: Alanus from Insulis 1202; Albertus Magnus 1280; Gilbert Universalis 1134
- Doctor Venerable et Christianissimus: Jean Gerson in 1429
- Doctor Venerandus: Godfrey of Fontaines OFM 1240
- Doctor Arbor Vitae: John Wallensis OFM 1300
Jurisprudence
- Doctor Aristotelis Anima: John Dondus 1380
- Doctor a Doctoribus: Antonius Franciscus 1528
- Doctor Fons Canonum: John Andrea 1348
- Fons Juris Doctor Utriusque: Enrico Bartolomei 1267
- Lucerna Juris Doctor: Baldus de Ubaldis 1400
- Lucerna Juris Doctor Pontificii: Nicolaus de Tudeschis OSB 1445
- Doctor Lumen Juris: Clement IV in 1268
- Doctor lumen Legum: Irnerius 13th century
- Doctor Memoriosissimus: Ludovicus Pontanus 1439
- Doctor Juris Monarcha: Bartholomew of Saliceto 1412
- Doctor Pacificus ( Proficuus ): Nicolas Bonet OFM 1360
- Doctor Father Decretalium: Gregory IX. 1241
- Doctor Pater et Organum Veritatis: Innocent IV in 1254
- Doctor Juris Father: Innocent III. 1216
- Doctor Peritorum Father: Pierre de Belleperche 1307
- Doctor Planus ac Perspicuus: Walter Burleigh 1337
- Doctor Princeps Subtilitatum: Francesco d' Accolti 1486
- Doctor Speculator: William Durandus 1296
- Doctor Subtilis: Benedict Raymond 1440; Filippo Corneo 1462
- Doctor Verus: Thomas Doctius 1441