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The now-blessed theologian behind the perjorative 'dunce.' (John Duns Scotus)
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March 26, 1993|
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As of March 20, the man behind the word dunce is now officially a "blessed" of the church. For many years, the philosopher/theologian John Duns Scotus has been unofficially regarded as blessed by various devotees.
Bom in Scotland about 1266 at a place called Duns, he died unexpectedly in Cologne in 1308. (He's buried near the famous cathedral there.) He was thus a contemporary of Thomas Aquinas and Dante.
As a youth, he joined the Franciscan Order. He studied and taught at Oxford and was ordained a priest there in 1291. He died in his early 40s, but his ...
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