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Surnames of Famous Doctors

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It was customary in the Middle Ages to designate the more celebrated among the doctors by certain epithets or surnames which were supposed to express their characteristic excellence or dignity. This was especially the case with the doctors in law and theology. The following list exhibits the principal surnames with the dates of death.

Doctors in theology

Doctors in law

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APA citation. Pace, E. (1909). Surnames of Famous Doctors. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05074a.htm

MLA citation. Pace, Edward. "Surnames of Famous Doctors." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05074a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Gerard Haffner.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. May 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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