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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: 1280 births, 1280 by country, 1280 deaths, 1280 elections, 1280 establishments, 1280 in Europe, Albertus Magnus, Pope Nicholas III, Uprising of Ivaylo, Magnus VI of Norway, Oljaitu, Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Papal election, 1280-1281, Birger, King of Sweden, Blanche of Anjou, Orda Khan, John Kukuzelis, Drogon Chogyal Phagpa, Walter Branscombe, Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn, Margaret II, Countess of Flanders, Alice Kyteler, Ranulf Higdon, List of state leaders in 1280, John Chishull, Tornanadaska, Nicholas of Ely, Khwaju Kermani, Pierre Bertrand, Petrus Aureolus, Maitham Al Bahrani, Stephen Vladislav II of Syrmia, Werner von Orseln, Guido da Vigevano, Katharine of Habsburg, Al-Said Barakah, Roger of Seaton, Ishtori Haparchi, Guy II de la Roche, Alvarus Pelagius, Francis of Mayrone, Jewna, Aymon II of Geneva, Lodrisio Visconti, Bertrand du Pouget, Tino di Camaino, Mary of Avesnes, Yolande, Countess of Nevers, Zhang Hongfan, John I de la Roche, Koun Ej, John I, Count of Blois, Aedh Muimhnech O Conchobair, Wu Zhen, Peerage of England and Ireland in 1280, John II of Viennois, Enni, 1280 in Ireland, 1280 in poetry. Excerpt: Albertus Magnus, O.P. (1193/1206 - November 15, 1280), also known as Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar and a bishop, who achieved fame for his comprehensive knowledge of and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion. Those such as James A. Weisheipl and Joachim R. Soder have referred to him as the greatest German philosopher and theologian of the Middle Ages, an opinion supported by contemporaries such as Roger Bacon. The Catholic Church honours him as a Doctor of the Church, one of only 33 persons with that honor. He was born sometime between 1193 and 1206, to the Count of Bollstadt in Lauingen in Bavaria. Contemporaries such as Roger Bacon applied t...
