Bellarmine · De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis · On the Ecclesiastical Writers
Chapter 31: The Thirteenth Century: Anthony of Padua, Raymond of Penafort, Alexander of Hales, Hugh of St. Cher, Matthew Paris, Vincent of Beauvais, Albert the Great
Our translation, from the Latin of the Opera Omnia (Paris: Vivès, 1870–74), vol. XII, De Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, of the New Testament, thirteenth century. The Latin source text is public domain; this English rendering is released with the site. Scripture quotations follow Bellarmine's Vulgate citations, rendered in Douay-Rheims wording where he quotes exactly. Click “Show the Latin” for the original (raw OCR of the scan; scanning errors remain — the scan itself is the authority).
St. Anthony of Padua. 1220
St. Anthony, called of Padua because in that city, after giving many signs of holiness, he died, and, buried in the same, is wonderfully honoured, was of Lisbon by birth; and, entering the order of St. Francis while St. Francis was still living, by teaching and miracles he converted very many, either from heresy to the right faith or from wicked ways to doing penance. His sermons are extant, both on the season and on the saints. He passed to heaven in the year of the Lord 1231, and in the following year was enrolled among the saints by the Pontiff Gregory the ninth.
St. Raymond of Peñafort. 1230
St. Raymond of Peñafort, of Barcelona, of the Order of Preachers, flourished in the time of Gregory the ninth, by whose order he gathered into one volume, divided into five books, the decretal letters of the supreme Pontiffs, as Pope Gregory himself testifies in the preface to the Decretals. The same wrote an excellent summa, which, after being long carried about in manuscript, was at last put into print. He died a very old man at Barcelona in the year of the Lord 1275, famous for holiness of life and the glory of miracles; and in our time, and I myself being present, he was enrolled in the number of the saints by the supreme Pontiff Clement the eighth, in the year of the Lord 1601.
William of Auxerre. 1240
William of Auxerre, Bishop [as printed; archdeacon of Beauvais], wrote in this century a theological summa in the scholastic manner, divided into books, treatises, chapters and questions. One opinion of his is usually noted as singular: that the merits of just men depend first and chiefly on faith rather than on charity. For so he teaches in book 3, treatise 12, chapter 1, question 2, and chapter 2, question 1. And though he preaches faith in a far different sense from the Lutherans, yet his opinion, especially at this time, seems to be avoided. See, if you please, what we wrote in book 5 On justification, chapter 15.
William of Paris. 1240
William, Bishop of Paris, was living in the year of the Lord 1240, as is gathered from certain articles condemned by him in this year, which are found in the addition to the books of the sentences of Peter Lombard. He was a very pious and learned man. His works extant printed at Venice are these: On the holy Trinity, 1 book; On the first principle, 1; On the Sacraments, 1; Why God became man, 1; the Summa of virtues, 1; the Summa of vices, 1; On faith and laws, 1; On the souls of men, 1; On good and evil, 1; On the universe, 6 [as printed]; On the profession of novices, 1; On the gift of knowledge, 1; On the works of the virtues, 1; On the remedies of temptations, 1; On the plurality of benefices, 1; On the cloister of the soul, 1; On divine rhetoric, 1; On penance, 1; On Demons, 1; on the Hexameron, 1; on the Psalter, 1; on the Proverbs of Solomon, 1; on Ecclesiastes, 1; on the Canticle of Canticles, 1; on the Gospel of Matthew, 1; Sermons, 1; Letters, 1; two treatises On the conferring and plurality of Church benefices. [The scan reads “4” for most of these counts, and the end of the list stands inside the entry of St. Raymond, the columns being merged; it is placed here.]
James of Vitry. 1240
James of Vitry, a Gaul by nation, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church and Bishop of Tusculum, created by Gregory the ninth, having gone through many labours for the Church of God in the East and the West, died piously in the year of the Lord 1240, of whom Thomas of Cantimpré, almost his contemporary, tells much. He wrote a great volume of sermons on the season, in which he is abundant in citing and expounding the sacred Scriptures. He wrote two books of the History of Jerusalem and of the West; likewise one book against the Saracens; likewise two books on the life of blessed Mary of Oignies, which are extant in Surius on the 23rd of June. Lastly he wrote letters to various persons.
St. Edmund of Canterbury. 1240
St. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, created by the Pontiff Gregory the ninth, died in the year of the Lord 1240, and a little after was enrolled among the saints by the Pontiff Innocent IV. He wrote a useful book called the Mirror of the Church, and it is extant in volume 5 of the Library of the Holy Fathers, second edition.
Innocent IV. 1243
Innocent the fourth, Pontiff, of Genoa by birth, a man famous for learning and prudence, began to sit in the year of the Lord 1243 and died in the year 1254. He wrote an apparatus on the Decretals, short but learned. He is said also to have written another book called the Novels, or Authentics, and a book on the authority of the Pontiff and the rights of the emperor against Pier della Vigna. But these two later books I have not seen.
Alexander of Hales. 1245
Alexander of Hales, an Englishman by nation, of the Order of St. Francis, a most learned man, and the teacher of Saints Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas, wrote by order of Pope Innocent the fourth an excellent and most abundant summa of Theology, which is very well known. He wrote a postil on the whole Bible, and also a summa of virtues. He died in the year of the Lord 1245, as Pietro Rodolfi of Tossignano testifies in the Seraphic history.
Hugh of St. Cher. 1245
Hugh of St. Cher, a Burgundian by nation, of the Order of Preachers, was created Cardinal of St. Sabina by the Pontiff Innocent the fourth in the year of the Lord 1244, and died piously and holily in the year 1264 [1263]. He wrote short Commentaries on the whole sacred Bible. He wrote also separately on the Psalms; though it is not altogether clear whether those Commentaries on the Psalms are this Hugh's or Alexander of Hales's. Likewise Hugh devised the concordances of the Bible, on the witness of St. Antoninus, part 3 of the historical summa, title 19, chapter 5, section 2, and by men chosen by himself completed a most laborious work; to which work (as it is easy to add to things found) the industry of later men added much.
Humbert, fifth General of the Preachers. 1245
Brother Humbert, of Vienne by birth, a Gaul by nation, the fifth General of the Order of Preachers, was a contemporary of Hugh, whom he also drew to the Order of St. Dominic [as printed]. He wrote many useful and very pious things, namely: the Exposition of the rule of St. Augustine; a book On the seven degrees of contemplation; a book On the essential vows of religious; a book On the instruction of preachers; another On the offices of the Order of Preachers from the General to the porter; another On the lives of the first Fathers of his Order; lastly sermons, many very useful, which lately, that is, in the year 1603, were reprinted at Venice.
Matthew Paris. 1245
Matthew Paris, or rather Parisiensis (for so he is called in his very book and in the index of the book), was a monk of St. Albans in England in the time of Henry the third, King of the English. He wrote an English history from William the first to the thirty-fifth year of Henry the third, that is, from the year of the Lord 1067 to the year 1250; and at this very year are found these words: “Here ends the Chronicle of brother Matthew Paris, Monk of St. Albans”; and there his death is hinted. But someone else continued it to the death of Henry the third, that is, to the year of the Lord 1273 [1272].
Note. This history has much worth knowing, especially about Church affairs, about the Council of Lyons, about the quarrel between the Church and the empire. But since it was published by the heretics of Zurich, it is to be read with caution; for not a few things are read, both in the book itself and in the marginal notes, which seem to have been added by heretics to stir up ill will against the Roman Church.
Martin the Pole. 1250
Martin, a Pole by nation, a Monk by profession, an Archbishop in dignity, and Penitentiary of the Pontiff Innocent the fourth, wrote a Chronicle in which he briefly follows the deeds of the Pontiffs and emperors to his own times, that is, to Honorius the fourth, who began to sit in the year of the Lord 1285; which author I should not have put in this book of mine had he not been cited by the historians of Magdeburg and by other heretics. For Martin was a simple man, and thrusts in little tales for histories, of which the chief is that of Pope Joan the woman. For what the Magdeburgers say, that this story of John the woman is found in Marianus Scotus and Sigebert, who preceded Martin the Pole, is false, as I showed in book 3 On the supreme Pontiff, chapter 24. For in the printed codices of Marianus and Sigebert this fable crept in from the book of Martin the Pole; but in the old manuscripts it is not found.
Vincent of Beauvais. 1250
Vincent of Beauvais, a Bishop [as printed] from the Order of Preachers, lived in the time of the Pontiff Innocent the fourth. He wrote most laborious works, and especially the four mirrors, the Doctrinal, the Historical, the Natural and the Moral. The Doctrinal mirror contains 17 books; it treats of all the sciences from Grammar to theology. The Historical mirror gives the histories from the beginning of the world to the year of the Lord 1244; but someone else continued it to the year of the Lord 1494. The Natural mirror contains 32 books and treats of all things, herbs, birds and so on, and in the last book of places and times; and he says his time was the year of the Lord 1250. The Moral mirror contains three books, divided into parts and distinctions, and treats most fully of the passions of the soul, of laws, of grace, of vices and virtues. And he died in the year of the Lord 1256 [1264], on the witness of Antonio of Siena in the library of the Order of Preachers, who brings in Vaseus as witness. On the moral mirror see below, where we discuss the writings of St. Thomas.
Henry, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia. 1261
Henry [of Susa], a Gaul [Italian] by nation, at the urging of Pope Alexander the fourth wrote an exact exposition of the decretal Letters. He wrote a famous summa full of much canonical learning. He, created Cardinal Bishop of Ostia by Pope Urban the fourth, lived until the year of the Lord 1281 [1271].
Pope Guy. 1265
Guy Foulques [“Grossus”], of Narbonne by birth, who was afterwards Pope Clement the fourth, while he was in lesser orders wrote very much belonging to civil law, of which law he was most skilled. He wrote also on the first and second [book] of the Decretals. He died in the year of the Lord 1268, piously and holily, as he had always lived.
Robert de Sorbon. 1256
Robert de Sorbon, in the time of St. Louis King of the Franks, a man of much learning and piety, who is said to have founded at Paris the college of the Sorbonne, most famous in the whole world, wrote some little works, as On conscience, On confession, On the road to Paradise; which are extant in volume 5 of the Library of the Holy Fathers, second edition.
Albert the Great. 1265
Albert, surnamed the Great for his singular wisdom, a Swabian by nation, a religious of the Order of St. Dominic by profession, Bishop of Regensburg in dignity, to which dignity he was raised by the Pontiff Urban the fourth [Alexander IV], wrote very many works, both philosophical and theological; and, leaving out the philosophical, there is extant the Summa of theology, but unfinished; Commentaries on the books of the sentences; Commentaries on the 12 minor Prophets; Commentaries on the four Gospels; one book On the four coevals; one book On the virtues; one book On cleaving to God; the Compendium of theological truth, 7 books; the Enchiridion on true and perfect virtues. Many more are attributed to Albert by the venerable Father, Brother Antonio of Siena, in the library of the Preachers, and by others; whether they are extant I do not know. And Albert the Great died in the year of the Lord 1280.
Note. Two books are inscribed to Albert the Great, one On wonders and the other On the secrets of women. But both books are unworthy to be attributed to so great a man; for they contain certain superstitious things and much that is vain.
Thomas of Cantimpré. 1265
Thomas of Cantimpré, whom some have called William, others Henry, was a Brabanter by nation, a religious of St. Dominic by profession, a suffragan Bishop of the Archbishop of Cambrai in dignity [as printed], and a hearer of Albert the Great, as he himself testifies in his work, book 2, last chapter, number 50, a fellow pupil of St. Thomas Aquinas, whom he calls a noble youth, book 1, chapter 20, number 10. He wrote a most useful work On the properties of bees, comprised in two books, in which under the figure of bees he writes much of the office of Prelates and subjects, and describes truly and faithfully the miracles and examples of his time. This work was published at Douai in the year 1597 with notes and the life of the author. The same author wrote besides the life of blessed Christina the wonderful, which is extant in Surius in the month of June on the twenty-third day [July 24?], and the life of St. Lutgard, which is extant in the same in the same month on the sixteenth day; and he added one book to the life of St. Mary of Oignies. He wrote besides with great labour and long time a book On the nature of things, which he himself mentions in the preface of the book On the properties of bees. But this so laborious work does not seem to be extant. Lastly this same author is said to have turned Aristotle from the Greek tongue into Latin for the sake of St. Thomas; on which let the reader consult the life of this author set before the books On the properties of bees.
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De S. Antonio de Padua. 1220. Sanctus Antonius, de Padua appellatus, quia in ea civitate post multa sanctitatis edita signa, obiit, et in eadem sepultus mi¬ rifice honoratur : patria fuit Ulyssiponensis, et vivente adhuc Sancto Francisco, ejus or¬ dinem ingressus, doctrina, et miraculis plu¬ rimos convertit, vel ab haeresi ad rectam fi¬ dem, vel ab improbis moribus ad poeniten¬ tiam agendam. Exstant ejus conciones tum de tempore, tum de sanctis. Migravit in coe- um anno Dom. 1231., et anno sequenti a Gregorio nono Pontifice inter sanctos relatu- est. De S. Raymundo de Pennaforti. 1 230. Sanctus Raymundus de Pennaforti Barci nonensis, Ord. Praedicatorum, floruit tem¬ pore Gregorii noni, cujus jussu collegit in unum volumen quinque libris distinctum epistolas decretales summorum Pontificum, ut ipse Gregorius Papa testatur in prooemio Decretalium. Idem scripsit egregiam sum¬ mam, quae cum diu manuscripta ferretur, tandem typis mandata est. Obiit senex ad- AB ANNO DOM. 4200. AD 4300. 447 modum Barcimonse anno Dom. 4275. iilu- In Ecclesiastem, 1 stris vitse sanctitate, et miraculorum gloria : In Cantica canticorum, 1 et nostro tempore, ac me ipso prmsente, in In Evangelium Matth. 4 sanctorum numerum relatus est a Clemente Sermonum, 4 octavo summo Pontifice, anno Dom. 4601. Epistolarum, * 4 De collatione, et pluralitate beneficiorum De Gulielmo Autisiodorensi. 1240. Ecclesiasticorum tractatus duo. Gulielmus Autisiodorensis Episcopus hoc sseculo scripsit summam Theologicam scho¬ lastico more, distinctam in libros, tractatus, capita, et quaestiones. Una ejus sententia no¬ tari solet, ut singularis, quod videlicet me¬ rita hominum justorum prius et principalius a fide quam a charitate dependeant. Sic enim docet libro tertio, tractatu duodecimo, ca¬ pite primo, quaestione secunda : et capite se¬ cundo quaestione prima. Et quamvis ipse fi¬ dem praedicet longe alio sensu, quam Luthe- rani faciant ; tamen sententia ejus, hoc po¬ tissimum tempore, vitanda esse videtur. Vide, si placet, quae scripsimus libro quinto de justificatione cap. 15. De Gulielmo Parisiensi. 4240. Gulielmus Episcopus Parisiensis vivebat anno Dom. 1240. ut colligitur ex articulis quibusdam ab ipso hoc anno damnatis, qui habentur in additione ad libros sententiarum Petri Lombardi. Vir fuit admodum pius, et doctus : ejus opera haec exstant Venetiis excusa : De sancta Trinitate, lib. 4 De primo principio. 1 De Sacramentis, 4 Cur Deus homo, 4 Summa virtutum, 1 Summa vitiorum, 1 De fide, et legibus, 1 De animabus hominum, 1 De bono, et malo, 1 De universo, 6 De professione novitiorum, 1 De dono scientiae, 4 De operibus virtutum, i De remediis tentationum, 1 De pluralitate beneficiorum, 4 De claustro animae, 1 De rhetorica divina, 4 De poenitentia, 4 De Daemonibus, 4 In Hexameron, 4 In Psalterium, 4 In Proverbia Salomonis. 1 De Jacobo a Vitriaco. 4240. Jacobus a Vitriaco, natione Gallus. S. R. ' E. Cardinalis, et Episcopus Tusculanus a Gregorio nono creatus, multis laboribus pro Ecclesia Dei perfunctus in Oriente et Occi¬ dente, pie obiit anno Dom. 1240., de quo multa narrat Thomas Cantapratensis ejus ferme aequalis. Scripsit magnum volumen concionum de tempore, in quibus multus est in sacris Scri¬ pturis citandis, et exponendis. Scripsit libros duos historiae Hierosolymi¬ tanae et Occidentalis. Item librum unum contra Saracenos. Item libros duos de vita B. Mariae OEgnia- censis, quia exstant apud Surium, die 23. Junii. Denique scripsit epistolas ad diversos. De S. Edmundo Cantuariensi. 4240. Sanctus Edmundus Arehiepiscopus Can- tuariensis a Gregorio nono Pontifice creatus, obiit anno Dom. 4240. et paulo post ab In- nocentio IV. Pontifice in sanctos relatus fuit. Scripsit utilem librum, qui speculum Ec¬ clesiae dicitur ; et exstat in tomo quinto bi¬ bliothecae sanctorum Patrum, edit. 2. De Innocentio. IV. 4243. , Innocentius quartus Pontifex, patria Ge- nuensis, vir doctrina et prudentia clarus, se¬ dere coepit anno Dom. 1243. et obiit anno 4254. Scripsit apparatum super Decretales, brevem, sed eruditum. Scripsisse dicitur .etiam alium librum, Novellas, sive authen¬ ticas, appellatum, necnon librum de Ponti¬ ficis auctoritate, et imperatoris juribus con¬ tra Petrum de Vineis. Sed hos duos poste¬ riores libros ego non vidi. De Alexandro de Hales. 4245. Alexander Halensis, natione Anglus, Or¬ dinis Sancti Francisci, vir doctissimus, et de scriptoribus ecclesiasticis Sanctorum Bonaventurae et Thomse Aquina* tis praeceptor, scripsit jussu Innocentii Papa? quarti summam Theologia? egregiam, et co¬ piosissimam, quae notissima est. Scripsit po- stillam in tota Biblia : necnon summam vir¬ tutum, Obiit anno Dom. 1245. ut testatur Petrus Rodulphus Tossiano in historia Sera- phica. / | De H.uyone de S. Caro. 1245. Hugo de Sancto Caro, natione Burgundus, Ordinis Praedicatorum, Cardinalis Sanctae Sabinae ab Innocentio quarto Pontifice crea¬ tus fuit anno Domini 1244. et pie ac sancte obiit anno 1264. Scripsit Commentaria brevia in universa sacra Biblia. Scripsit etiam seorsim in Psalmos : quam¬ vis omnino non corutet an Commentaria illa in Psalmos sint hujus Hugonis, an Alexan¬ dri Halensis. Item Hugo excogitavit 'concordantias Bi- bliorum, teste Sancto Antonino 3. par. sum¬ mae historialis tit. 19. cap. 5. §. 2. et per homines a se delectos opus laboriosissimum perfecit : cui operi (ut facile est inventis ad¬ dere) posteriorum industria multa ad¬ didit. De Humberto , quinto Generali Praedicatorum. 1245. Frater Humbertus, patria Viennensis, na¬ tione Gallus, quintus Generalis Ordinis Prae¬ dicatorum, aequalis fuit Hugonis, quem etiam traxit ad Ordines S. Dominici. Scri¬ psit multa utilia et valde pia, videlicet : Expositionem regulae Sancti Augustini. Librum de septem gradibus contempla¬ tionis. Librum de votis essentialibus religioso¬ rum. Librum de eruditione concionatorum. Alium de officiis Ordinis Praedicatorum a Generali usque ad janitorem. Alium de vitis primorum Patrum sui Or¬ dinis. Denique sermones, multos valde utiles, qui nuper, id est, anno 1603. recusi sunt Venetiis. De Matthaeo Parisiensi. 1245. Matthaeus Paris, sive potius Parisiensis (sic enim vocatur in ipso ejus libro, et in indice libri) fuit monachus Albanensis in Anglia tempore HenricitertiiregisAnglorum. • Scripsit historiam Anglicanam a Willelmo primo usque ad annum tricesimum quintum Henrici tertii, id est ab anno Dom. 1067 usque ad annum 1250,ethocipso anno habentur haec verba : « Hic terminatur fratris Matthaei Pa¬ risiensis Monachi S. Albani Chronica, » et ibidem insinuatur ejus mors. Continuavit autem aliquis alius usque ad obitum Henrici tertii, id est, ad annum Dom. 1273. Odservatio. Haec historia multa habet scitu digna, praesertim de rebus Ecclesiasticis, de Conci¬ lio Lugdunensi, de dissidio inter Ecclesiam, et imperium. Sed quoniam edita est ab hae¬ reticis Tigurinis, caute legenda est : non pauca enim leguntur, tum in ipso libro, tum in notis marginalibus, quae videntur addita ab haereticis, ad invidiam conflandam Ec¬ clesiae Romanae. De Martino Polono. 1250. Martinus Polonus natione, Monachus pro¬ fessione, Archiepiscopus dignitate, et Pceni- tentiarius Innocentii quarti Pontificis, scri¬ psit Chronicum, in quo breviter res gestas Pontificum et imperatorum persequitur usque ad sua tempora, id est, usque ad Honorium quartum, qui sedere ccepit ad annum Dom. 1285.; quem auctorem in hoc meo libro non posuissem, nisi citaretur ab historicis Mag- deburgensibus, atque ab aliis haereticis : fuit enim Martinus vir simplex, et fabellas pro historiis obtrudit, qualis in primis est illa de Joanne Papa femina. Quod enim Magdeburgenses dicunt, hanc narrationem de Joanne femina haberi apud Marianum ' Scotum, et Sigebertum, qui Martinum Po-r Ionum praecesserunt, falsum est, ut ostendi in lib. m. de summo Pontefice capitul. 24. nam in impressis codicibus Mariani et Si- geberti irrepsit haec fabula ex Martini Po- loni libro : sed in antiquis manuscriptis non habetur. De V incentio Bellovacensi. 1250. Vincentius Bellovacensis Episcopus ex Ord. Praedicatorum, vixit tempore innocen¬ tii quarti Pontificis. Scripsit opera labo- AB ANNO DOM. 1200. AD 1300. 449 riosissima, ac praesertim quatuor specula, Doctrinale, Historiale, Naturale, et Morale. Doctrinale speculum continet lib. xvn. Tra¬ ctat de omnibus scientiis a Grammatica usque ad theologiam. Historiale speculum tradit historias ab initio mundi usque ad annum Domini 1244, sed continuavit aliquis alius usque ad an¬ num Domini 1494. Naturale speculum continet libros xxxii. et tractat de rebus omnibus, herbis, avibus, etc. , et in ultimo libro de locis, et temporibus : et sua tempora dicit fuisse anno Dom. 1250. Morale speculum continet libros tres, di¬ visos in partes, et distinctiones, et tractat de passionibus animi, de legibus, de gratia, de vitiis et virtutibus copiosissime. Obiit au¬ tem anno Dom. 1256. teste Antonio Senensi in bibliotheca Ordinis Praedicatorum, qui Vaseum testem adducit. De speculo morali, vide infra, ubi de S. Thomae scriptis disserimus. De Henrico Card. Episcopo Hostiensi. 1261. Henricus natione Gallus hortatu Alexan¬ dri Papae quarti scripsit in Epistolas decre¬ tales accuratam expositionem. Scripsit cele¬ brem summam multa eruditione canonica plenam. Hic ab Urbano Papa quarto Card. Episcopus Hostiensis creatus, vixit usque ad annum Dom. 1281. De Guidone Papa 1265. Guido Grossus, patria Narbonensis, qui postea fuit Clemens Papa quartus : dum in minoribus esset, scripsit plurima ad jus ci¬ vile pertinentia, cujus juris consultissimus erat. Scripsit etiam in primum et secundum Decretalium. Obiit anno Dom. 1268, pie et sancte, ut semper vixerat. De Roberto Sorbona. 1256. Robertus Sorbona tempore Sancti Ludo- vici Regis Francorum, vir multse doctrinae et pietatis, quique collegium Sorbonaetoto or¬ be celeberrimum Parisiis instituisse dicitur : scripsit opuscula nonnulla, ut de conscientia} de confessione, de itinere ad Paradisum : quae exstant tomo quinto bibliothecae san¬ ctorum Patrum editionis secundae. Tom. XII. De Alberto Magno. 1265. Albertus ob sapientiam singularem cogno¬ mento Magnus, natione Suevus, professione religiosus, Ordinis S. Dominici, dignitate Episcopus Ratisponensis, ad quam dignita¬ tem ab Urbano quarto Pontifice assumptus fuit : scripsit plurima opera tum philoso¬ phica, tum theologica, ac omissis philoso¬ phicis, exstat Summa theologiae, sed imper¬ fecta. Commentaria in libros sententiarum. Commentaria in xn. Prophetas minores, Commentaria in quatuor Evangelia. De quatuor coaevis liber unus. De virtutibus liber unus. De adhaerendo Deo liber unus. Compendium Theologicae veritatis lib. vn. Enchiridion de veris perfectisque virtutibus. Multo plura tribuuntur Alberto a vene¬ rabili Patre, F. Antonio Senensi in biblio¬ theca Praedicatorum, et aliis, quae an exstant, ignoro. Obiit autem Magnus Albertus anno Dom. 1280. Observatio. Inscribuntur libro duo, unus de mirabili¬ bus, et alter de secretis mulierum. Magno Alberto. Sed uterque liber indignus est, qui tanto viro tribuatur : nam superstitiosa quae¬ dam continent, et multa vana. De Thoma Cantapratensi. 1265. Thomas Cantapratensis, quem alii Guliel- mum, alii Henricum appellarunt; fuit natione Brabantinus, professione religiosus S. Domi¬ nici, dignitate Episcopus suffraganeus Ar- chiepiscopi Cameracensis, et auditor Alberti Magni, ut ipse in opere suo testatur, libro secundo cap. ultimo num. 50., condiscipulus S. Thomae Aquinatis, quem nobilem adole¬ scentem vocat lib. I. cap. 20. num. 10. Scri¬ psit utilissimum opus de proprietatibus apum duobus libris comprehensum, in quo sub figura apum multa scribit de officio Praela¬ torum, et subditorum : et miracula, atque exempla sui temporis vere fideliterque de¬ scribit. Editum est hoc opus Duaci anno 1597, cum annotationibus, et vita auctoris. Scripsit praeterea idem auctor vitam B. Christinae mirabilis, quae exstat apud Surium, mense Junio, die vicesimo tertio, et vitam Sanctae Ludgardis,quae exstat apudeumdera 29 450 DE SCRIPTORIBUS ECCLESIASTICIS mense eodem, die sexto decimo : et addidit unum librum ad vitam sanctae Mariae de OEgnies. Scripsit autem magno labore et longo tempore librum de natura rerum, cu¬ jus ipse meminit in praefatione libri de pro¬ prietatibus apum. Sed hoc opus tam labo¬ riosum non videtur exstare. Dicitur denique hic idem auctor in gratiam Sancti Thomae vertisse Aristotelem e Graeco idiomate in Latinum, de qua re consulat lector vitam hujus auctoris praepositam libris de proprie¬ tatibus apum.