Aegidius Romanus

Aegidius Romanus OESA ( Aegidius of Rome , nickname "doctor fundatissimus" ; * around 1243 in Rome , † December 22, 1316 in Avignon ) was an Augustinian hermit and an important student of Thomas Aquinas .

Life

In secundum librum sententiarum quaestiones , 1581

Almost nothing is known about his early years. Aegidius was born in Rome and probably came from a humble background. Its alleged descent from the well-known urban Roman family Colonna is only assumed in later sources, contemporary evidence is lacking. For some time he was a pupil of Thomas Aquinas and studied at the convent of the Augustinian order in Paris . In connection with the Paris convictions , Aegidius left Paris and soon rose to the rank of Augustinian. In 1285 he acted as vicar of his order, from 1292 to 1295 even as general of the order . He also taught again from 1285 to 1291 at the University of Paris . In 1295 he was appointed Archbishop of Bourges . In the period that followed, he repeatedly interfered in current debates. So he supported the French King Philip the Fair in his conflict with the Knights Templar (see Templar Trial ). Aegidius died in 1316 at the papal curia in Avignon .

Aegidius' writings cover a wide range of topics and range from scholastic philosophy to theology. In addition to several commentaries on Aristotle's works and treatises on the Bible, he wrote a prince's mirror De regimine principum for Philip the Fair, which was very influential in the Middle Ages . Around 1270 he wrote a treatise under the title Errores philosophorum ("The errors of the philosophers"), the 12th chapter of which is devoted to a refutation of Maimonides ' views in the Leader of the Undecided . In the journalistic dispute between Pope Boniface VIII and Philip, he stood on the side of the Pope and wrote the church policy treatise De ecclesiastica potestate in 1302 , the content of which was incorporated into the Bull Unam Sanctam . Some of his students, including Jakob von Viterbo , followed up on these considerations. In theological works he is often referred to as "doctor fundatissimus" .

Works

• De corpore Christi theoremata L. Johann Koelhoff d. Ä., Cologne 1490 digitized
• De regimine principum. Simone Bevilacqua, Venice 1498
• Aegidii Romani Opera Omnia, vol. III.2 Reportatio lecturae super libros I-IV Sententiarum. Reportatio Monacensis. Excerpta Godefridi de Fontibus. A cura di C. Luna , Firenze, Edizioni del Galluzzo 2003 (Corpus Philosophorum Medii Aevi - Testi e Studi, XVII).

literature

• Francesco Del Punta, S. Donati, C. Luna:  Egidio Romano. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 42:  Dugoni – Enza. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1993, pp. 319-341.
• Jürgen Miethke : De potestate papae. Tübingen 2000.
• Adolar Zumkeller :  Aegidius of Rome . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE). Volume 1, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1977, ISBN 3-11-006944-X , pp. 462-465.

Web links

Commons : Giles of Rome  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Aegidius Romanus in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Aegidius Romanus  in the German Digital Library
• Publications on Aegidius Romanus in the Opac der Regesta Imperii

Works

• De regimine principum. Venice, Simone Bevilacqua, July 9, 1498 in Google Book search
• Works (facsimiles) at the Biblioteca de la Universidad de Sevilla

Secondary literature

• Roberto Lambertini: Entry in Edward N. Zalta (Ed.): Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy .
• Meister Eckhart and his time: Aegidius Romanus

Remarks

1. ^ Roberto Lambertini: Entry in Edward N. Zalta (ed.): Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy .

predecessor	Office	successor
Simon de Beaulieu	Archbishop of Bourges 1295–1316	Renault de la Porte