Better than Abelard or St.
Thomas Aquinas, and much better than any physicians, Albertus Magnus and Roger Bacon represent the men who were awake to greet the rising of the sun of science.

What a contrast in their lives and in their works! The great Dominican's long life was an uninterrupted triumph of fruitful accomplishment--the titanic task he set himself was not only completed but was appreciated to the full by his own generation--a life not only of study and teaching, but of practical piety.

As head of the order in Germany and Bishop of Regensburg, he had wide ecclesiastical influence; and in death he left a memory equalled only by one or two of his century, and excelled only by his great pupil, Thomas Aquinas.

There are many Alberts in history--the Good, the Just, the Faithful--but there is only one we call "Magnus" and he richly deserved the name.

What is his record?
Why do we hold his name in reverence today?
Albertus Magnus was an encyclopaedic student and author, who took all knowledge for his province.