Giles of Rome
Giles of Rome O.S.A. (Latin: Aegidius Romanus; Italian: Egidio Colonna; c. 1243 – 22 December 1316) was a medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian and a friar of the Order of St Augustine, who was also appointed to the positions of prior general of his order and as Archbishop of Bourges. He is famed as being a logician, who produced a commentary on the Organon by Aristotle, and as the author of two important work: De Ecclesiastica Potestate, a major text of early-14th-century papalism, and De regimine principum, a guide book for Christian temporal leadership. Giles was styled Doctor Fundatissimus ("Best-Grounded Teacher") by Pope Benedict XIV.
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Giles, from a 15th-century manuscript of De regimine principum | |
| Born | c.1243 Rome, Papal States |
| Died | 22 December 1316 |
| Nationality | Italian |
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| Era | Medieval philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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Main interests | Metaphysics, Logic, Epistemology, Natural Philosophy, Medicine, Ethics, Political philosophy |
Writers in 14th- and 15th-century-England such as John Trevisa and Thomas Hoccleve translated or adapted him into English.