Hervaeus Natalis
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Hervaeus Natalis[1] (c.1260, Nédellec, diocese of Treguier, Brittany[2]-1323) was a Dominican theologian, the author of a number of works on philosophy and theology. He may have written, the Summa Totius Logicae, an opusculum attributed to Thomas Aquinas.
He studied theology in Paris.[3] He became French provincial of the Dominicans in 1308.
A resolute early Thomist[4], nicknamed Doctor rarus, he was a tenacious opponent of the theology of Durandus of Saint-Pourçain.[5] He also opposed Scotism.[6] He sought for and obtained the canonization of Aquinas.[7]
He became Master of the Order of Preachers.
[edit] References
- Grabmann, M. Beitrage Zur Geschichte der Phil. des Mittelalters, XXII, 1, 2, 1920, pp. 168-71.
- Mandonnet, P. Revue Thomiste X, 1927, pp. 146-157.
[edit] Notices
- ^ Hervé or Harvey or Hervey Nedellec, or de Nédellec; Hervaeus Natalis Brito. There was another Hervaeus Brito of the early thirteenth century.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]: The first Thomists appear at the end of the thirteenth century and the beginning of the fourteenth. They defend St. Thomas against certain Augustinians of the ancient school, against the Nominalists and the Scotists. We must note in particular the works of Herve de Nedellec against Henry of Ghent; of Thomas Sutton against Scotus, of Durandus of Aurillac against Durandus of Saint-Pourcain and against the first Nominalists.
- ^ [4], [5]. His predecessor as Master had appointed him, Peter de la Palu, John of Naples and others as a theological commission to assess the ideas of Durandus.
- ^ [6]: a valiant opponent of Scotus.
- ^ [7]
[edit] External links
- (German) BBK page
- On equipollence
| Preceded by Bérengar de Landore |
Master General of the Dominican Order 1318 – 1323 |
Succeeded by Barnaba Cagnoli |
