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Also Known As Joannes Duns Scotus • Doctor Subtilis
Born c.1266 • Duns • Scotland
Died November 8, 1308 • Cologne • Germany
Subjects Of Study Immaculate Conception • Incarnation • Scholasticism • divine union • realism

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