Giles of Rome
c. 1243-1316
Italian scholar who supported the doctrine of substance put forth by Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274). An Augustinian hermit also known as Aegidus Romanus and Doctor Fundatissi...
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Giles of Rome(C. 1247–1316)
Giles of Rome, the scholastic philosopher whose real name was Aegidius Colonna Romanus, was born in Rome. Giles entered the Augustinian order of hermits in 1265 and ...
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Giles of Rome was probably born at Rome around 1243; no exact date is recorded for his birth, and the estimate is based on his likely ages at various stages of his career. He entered the Augustinian H...
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