Category:Saint Albert the Great

(born about 1206, died in 1280, Optional Memorial on November 15)

Born: ca. 1193/1206 in Lauingen, Duchy of Bavaria Died: November 15, 1280 in Cologne, Holy Roman Empire Honored in: Catholic Church Beatified: 1622, Rome Canonized: 1931, Rome by Pope Pius XI Major shrine: Saint Andreas in Cologne Feast: November 15 Patronage: Cincinnati, Ohio; medical technicians; natural sciences; philosophers; scientists; students; World Youth Day


 * Albert was born in either 1205 or 1206 at Lauingen, Swabia. He was the eldest son of the Count of Bollstädt. He joined the Dominicans in 1223. He taught theology in Hildesheim, Freiburg, Ratisbon, Strasburg, and Cologne. He was told to return to Paris in 1245, and received a doctorate. He was elected the Dominican Provincial of Germany in 1254. He resigned from his position as provincial in 1257. He was appointed Bishop of Ratisbon in 1260, and resigned from his position as bishop in 1262. He died in Cologne on November 15, 1280, was beatified by Pope Gregory XV in 1622, and was canonized in 1931.