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Holbein the Younger: Boethius
Nicholas of Cusa tomb
Luca della Robbia: St. Anselm of Canterbury
Peter Abelard, with Héloïse, miniature portrait by Jean de Meun, 14th century; in the Musee Conde, Chantilly, France.
Statue of Averroes seated and holding a tablet, set against a historic stone wall with battlements in Cordoba, Spain.
Albertus Magnus
Andrea da Firenze: The Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas
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Anselm Of Laon
French theologian
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Blessed John Duns Scotus
Scottish philosopher and theologian
Luca della Robbia: St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Anselm of Canterbury
archbishop and philosopher
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Giles of Rome
Augustinian theologian
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Gabriel Biel
German scholar
Hugh of Saint-Victor, undated engraving.
Hugh of Saint-Victor
French theologian