It was customary in the European Middle Ages, more precisely in the period of scholasticism which extended into early modern times, to designate the more celebrated among the doctors of theology and law by epithets or surnames which were supposed to express their characteristic excellence or dignity. The following list exhibits the principal surnames with the dates of death.

See also Doctor of the Church and List of Latinised names

Theology

• Doctor Abstractionum: Francis Mayron, O.F.M., 1325 or 1327.
• Doctor Acutissimus: Pope Sixtus IV, 1484.
• Doctor Acutus: Gabriel Vasquez, S.J., 1604.
• Doctor Amoenus: Robert Cowton, O.F.M., 1340.
• Doctor Angelicus: Thomas Aquinas, O.P., 1274.
• Doctor Arca testamenti: Anthony of Padua, 1231.
• Doctor Authenticus: Gregory of Rimini, O.S.A., 1358.
• Doctor Averroista et philosophiae parens: Urbanus, O.S.M., 1403.
• Doctor Beatus et fundatissimus: Giles of Rome, O.S.A., 1316.
• Doctor Bonus: Walter Burley, O.F.M., 1310.
• Doctor Christianus: Nicholas of Cusa, 1464.
• Doctor Clarus: Louis of Montesinos, 1621.
• Doctor Clarus ac subtilis: Denis of Cîteaux, 15th cent.
• Doctor Collectivus: Landolfo Caracciolo, O.F.M., 1351.
• Doctor Columna doctorum: William of Champeaux, O.S.B., 1121.
• Doctor Contradictionum : Johann Wessel, 1489.
• Doctor Divinus Ecstaticus: John Ruysbroeck, Can. Reg., 1381.
• Doctor Doctor doctorum Scholasticus: Anselm of Laon, 1117.
• Doctor Dulcifluus: Antonius Andreas (Antoine Andre), O.F.M., 1320.
• Doctor Ecstaticus: Denys the Carthusian, 1471.
• Doctor Eminens: John of Matha, O.Trin., 1213.
• Doctor Emporium theologiae: Laurent Gervais, O.P., 1483 .
• Doctor Evangelicus: John Wyclif, 1330.
• Doctor Excellentissimus: Antonio Corsetti, 1503.
• Doctor Eximius: Francisco Suarez, S.J., 1617.
• Doctor Facundus: Petrus Aureoli, O.F.M., 1322.
• Doctor Famosissimus: Petrus Alberti, O.S.B., 1426.
• Doctor Famosus: Bertrand de la Tour, O.F.M., 1334.
• Doctor Fertilis: Francis of Candia, O.F.M., 15th cent.
• Doctor Flos mundi: Maurice O'Fiehely, O.F.M. Abp of Tuam, 1513.
• Doctor Fundamentalis: Joannes Faber of Bordeaux, 1350.
• Doctor Fundatissimus: Giles of Rome, 1316; Willem Hessels van Est, 1613.
• Doctor Fundatus: William of Ware, O.F.M., 1270.
• Doctor Illibatus: Alexander Alamannicus, O.F.M., 15th cent.
• Doctor Illuminatus: Francis Mayron, O.F.M., 1325-27; Raymond Lully, O.F.M., 1315.
• Doctor Illuminatus et sublimis: Joannes Tauler, O.P., 1361.
• Doctor Illustratus: Franciscus Picenus, O.F.M., 14th cent.
• Doctor Illustris: Adam of Marisco, O.F.M., 1308.
• Doctor Inclytus: William Mackelfield, O.P., 1300.
• Doctor Ingeniosissimus: Andrew of Newcastle, O.F.M., 1300.
• Doctor Inter Aristotelicos Aristotelicissimus: Haymo of Faversham, O.F.M., 1244.
• Doctor Invincibilis: Petrus Thomas, O.F.M., 14th cent.
• Doctor Irrefragibilis: Alexander of Hales, O.F.M., 1245.
• Doctor Magister Sententiarum: Peter Lombard, 1164.
• Doctor Magnus: Albertus Magnus, O.P., 1280; Gilbert of Citeaux, O.Cist, 1280.
• Doctor Marianus: Anselm of Canterbury, O.S.B., 1109; Duns Scotus
• Doctor Mellifluus: Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist, 1153.
• Doctor Mirabilis: Antonio Perez, S.J., 1649; Roger Bacon, O.F.M., 1294.
• Doctor Moralis: Gerard Eudo, O.F.M., 1349.
• Doctor Notabilis: Pierre de l'Ile, O.F.M., 14th cent.
• Doctor Ordinatissimus: Johannes de Bassolis, O.F.M., c. 1347.
• Doctor Ornatissimus et sufficiens: Petrus de Aquila, O.F.M., 1344.
• Doctor Parisiensis: Guy de Perpignan, O.Carm, 1342.
• Doctor Planus et utilis: Nicolas de Lyre, O.F.M., 1340.
• Doctor Praeclarus: Peter of Kaiserslautern, O.Praem, 1330.
• Doctor Praestantissimus: Thomas Netter of Walden, O.Carm, 1431.
• Doctor Profundissimus: Paul of Venice, O.S.A., 1428; Gabriel Biel, Can. Reg., 1495; Juan Alfonso Curiel, O.S.B., 1609.
• Doctor Profundus: Thomas Bradwardine, 1349.
• Doctor Rarus: Hervaeus Natalis.
• Doctor Refulgidus: Pope Alexander V, 1410.
• Doctor Resolutissimus: Durandus of Saint-Pourcain, O.P., 1334.
• Doctor Resolutus: John Bacon, O.Carm., 1346.
• Doctor Scholasticus: Anselm of Laon; Peter Abelard, 1142; Gilbert de la Porree, 1154; Peter Lombard, 1164; Peter of Poitiers, 1205; Hugh of Newcastle, O.F.M., 1322.
• Doctor Scotellus: Antonius Andreas, Peter of Aquila, Stephanus Brulefer
• Doctor Seraphicus: Bonaventure, O.F.M., 1274.
• Doctor Singularis et invincibilis: William of Occam, O.F.M., 1347 or 1359.
• Doctor Solemnis: Henry of Ghent, 1293.
• Doctor Solidus Copiosus: Richard of Middleton, O.F.M., 1300.
• Doctor Speculativus: James of Viterbo, O.S.A., 1307.
• Doctor Sublimis: Francis de Bachone, O.Carm., 1372; Jean Courte-Cuisse, 1425.
• Doctor Subtilis: Duns Scotus, O.F.M., 1308.
• Doctor Subtilissimus: Peter of Mantua, 14th cent.
• Doctor Succinctus: Francis of Ascoli, c. 1344.
• Doctor Universalis: Alanus of Lille, 1202; Gilbert, Bishop of London, 1134.
• Doctor Venerabilis et Christianissimus: Jean Gerson, 1429.
• Doctor Venerandus: Geoffroy de Fontibus, O.F.M., 1240.
• Doctor Vitae Arbor: Johannes Wallensis, O.F.M., 1300

Law

• Doctor Aristotelis Anima: Johannes Dondus, 1380.
• Doctor a Doctoribus: Antonius Franciscus, 1528.
• Doctor Fons Canonum: Johannes Andrea, 1348.
• Doctor Fons Juris Utriusque: Henry of Susa (Ostia), 1267-81.
• Doctor Lucerna Juris: Baldus de Ubaldis, 1400.
• Doctor Lucerna Juris Pontificii: Nicholas Tedeschi, O.S.B., 1445.
• Doctor Lumen Juris: Pope Clement IV, 1268.
• Doctor Lumen Legum: Irnerius, 13th cent.
• Doctor Memoriosissimus: Ludovicus Pontanus, 1439.
• Doctor Monarcha Juris: Bartholomew of Saliceto, 1412.
• Doctor Os Aureum: Bulgarus, 1166.
• Doctor Pacificus (Proficuus): Nicolas Bonet, O.F.M., 1360.
• Doctor Pater Decretalium: Gregory IX, 1241.
• Doctor Pater et Organum Veritatis: Pope Innocent IV, 1254.
• Doctor Pater Juris: Pope Innocent III, 1216.
• Doctor Pater Peritorum: Pierre de Belleperche, 1307.
• Doctor Planus ac Perspicuus: Walter Burleigh, 1337.
• Doctor Princeps Subtilitatum: Francesco d'Accolti, 1486.
• Doctor Speculator: William Durandus, 1296.
• Doctor Speculum Juris: Bartholus of Sassoferrato, 1359.
• Doctor Subtilis: Benedict Raymond, 1440; Filippo Corneo, 1462.
• Doctor Verus: Thomas Doctius, Siena, 1441

References

• Frederick Copleston, A History of Philosophy' III, p. 427

Notes

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia article