Ulrich (Engelbert) of Strasbourg was a scholastic philosopher and theologian, priest, and author. A member of the Dominican priory at Strasbourg in the German province, Ulrich studied under Albert the Great at Cologne, together with Thomas Aquinas and Hugh of Strasbourg, between 1248 and 1254. During those years Ulrich heard Albert expound the Dionysian corpus and the Ethics of Aristotle. As a lecturer in theology at Strasbourg, Ulrich acquired considerable fame for his learning; among his illustrious disciples was Lector John of Fribourg.

The ancient catalogs attribute to Ulrich commentaries on Aristotle's Metheora and De Anima, Peter Lombard's Sentences, and the book of Ecclesiastes. His only extant work, however, is a remarkable compendium of theology titled De Summo Bono, planned and probably written in eight books. Only the first book and fragments of others have been published, and the known...