Peter de Scotia

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Petrus de Scotia (actually Peter M. Davidson , in Denmark Peder Skotte ) (* 1450 in Aberdeen , † July 24, 1520 in Copenhagen ), was theologian and rector of the University of Copenhagen.

Life

He was initially a doctor of theology at the Sorbonne . Then he went to Cologne .

He was appointed as the first Master of Philosophy and Bachelor of Theology by Christian I to the University of Copenhagen , founded in 1479 , and became its first Dean . In 1487 he is listed as a licentiate in theology. In 1498 King John I awarded him a doctorate in theology on the occasion of a victory in Sweden. He was rector of the university six times.

He was a specialist in scholasticism and Thomas Aquinas . He was so ingrained in Aristotelian philosophy that he did not teach any other philosophy. He was celebrated for righteousness, erudition, and altruism.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Forbes-Leith: Pre-Reformation Scholars in Scotland in the XVIth Century - Their Writings and Their Public Services: with a Bibliography and a List of Graduates from 1500 to 1560 . Ayer Publishing, 1974, p. 110.
  2. Chronicum Skibbiense for the year 1520.