CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

The Country, Birth, And Youth Of Blessed Albert Method Of Education And Teaching At That Period 1

CHAPTER II.

The Life Of Blessed Albert At The University Of Padua In What The Study Of Philosophy And The Liberal Arts Then Consisted 15

CHAPTER III.

Albert's Struggles In His Choice Of A Vocation — His Entrance Into The Order Of Friar-Preachers 29

CHAPTER IV.

Albert As A Young Religious His Progress In Science And Virtue Theological Studies At That Period 37

CHAPTER V.

Albert A Professor And Preacher In The German Cities Of Cologne, Hildesheim, Strasburg, Friburg, And Ratisbon His School, His Chair, His Method Of Teaching In The Latter City 46

CHAPTER VI.

Albert Returns To Cologne Arrival Of St. Thomas Of Aquin — His Relations With The Great Master 68

CHAPTER VII.

Albert A Professor In Paris — Foundation Of The Convent Of Paris The Friar- Preachers Obtain Chairs In The University — The Esteem In Which Albert Was Held His Activity A Temptation 74

CHAPTER VIII.

Albert Returns To Cologne And There Resumes His Teaching His Religious Practices His Books Of Piety — Pictures Of His Prayers And Discourses 87

CHAPTER IX.

Philosophical And Theological Works Written By Albert At This Period — Character Of His Writings — His Predecessors His Writings On Logic, Physics, And Metaphysics His Commentaries On Denis The Areopagite, And The Sentences Of Peter Lombard 101

CHAPTER X.

Popular Traditions Respecting Albert Old And New Traditions — Legends Relating To Cologne Cathedral Reception Of The German King William The Speaking And Walking Automaton — The Guilty Princess Pietisyla Chastisement Of King William And Of The Indiscreet Shoemaker — Apocryphal Legends 120

CHAPTER XI.

On The Truth Of These Legends Albert's Share In The Construction Of Cologne Cathedral His Magical Science His Speaking Figures And Magical Cups 185

CHAPTER XII.

Albert Is Elected Provincial Of The Order In Germany His Journeys And The Strict Ordinations Which He Promulgated In This Capacity 149

CHAPTER XIII.

Albert Founds A Convent Of Nuns At Paradise, Near Soest 157

CHAPTER XIV.

Albert Is Sent Into Poland To Extirpate The Vices Of Paganism 164

CHAPTER XV.

albert a peacemaker in cologne contention between the citizens and their archbishop 168

CHAPTER XVI.

Persecution Against The Religious Orders, Especially In

France Albert Defends Them By Speech And Writing Commentary On The Gospel Of St. John A

Work Against The Partizans Of Averroes A Vision 176

CHAPTER XVII.

Albert Becomes Provincial In Germany A Secomd Time — His Portrait At This Period Commentary On The Gospel Of St. Matthew — He Is Released From His Office 198

CHAPTER XVIII.

Albert Is Nominated To The Bishopric Of Ratisbon — His Resistance — His Entry Into Ratisbon 206

CHAPTER XIX.

Conduct Of Albert As Bishop Of Ratisbon 217

CHAPTER XX.

Albert's Administration Of His Diocese — His Efforts To Improve Public Morals — His Numerous Preachings He Pontificates Frequently — He Assists At Provincial Synods Offerings Made To Poor Monasteries And To The Cathedral Chapter 222

CHAPTER XXI.

Albert Composes Pious Works During His Episcopate Commentary On The Gospel Of St. Luke Office Of St. Joseph — On The Part Which He Takes In The Building Of Churches In Ratisbon — Building Of The Cathedral And The Church Of The Dominicans. 245

CHAPTER XXII.

Albert Resigns The Bishopric Of Ratisbon — Reasons Which Urge Him To This Step Calumnies Commentary On The Ethics And Politics Of Aristotle Difficulties Of The Position Of A German Bishop At This Period Petitions Of The Blessed To Be Released — They Are At Length Granted 255

CHAPTER XXIII.

Albert Preaches The Crusade In Germany And Bohemia — Crusades In General — His Journeys Through Bavaria, Suabia, And Franconia 267

CHAPTER XXIV.

Prolonged Residence Of Albert At Wurzburg He Frequently Appears As A Peacemaker — Commentary On The Gospel Of St. Mark "Liber De Mulieri Fortl" 278

CHAPTER XXV.

Albert Returns To Cologne — He Re-Establishes Peace — His Happy Sojourn At The Convent His Opinion Is Sought For At Paris His Commentaries On The Psalms, The Lamentations Of Jeremiah, Baruch, Daniel, The Minor Prophets, And The Apocalypse. 289

CHAPTER XXVI.

Albert's Love For The Holy Sacrament Of The Altar — His Writings On This Mystery — Book On The Sacrifice Of The Mass Book On The Holy Eucharist - Sermons On The Holy Sacrament Of The Eucharist. 301

CHAPTER XXVII.

Albert's Love For The Blessed Virgin Mary — His Writings In Her Honour — The "Mariale," Or Book On The Angelical Salutation 322

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Albert Once More Visits The Convents, And Consecrates Churches In Esslingen, Bale, Strasburg, Colmar, In The Diocese Of Cologne, And In The Low Countries He Is Occupied With The Building Of Churches In These Different Localities His Pious Maxims. 385

CHAPTER XXIX.

Albert Builds The Choer Of The Dominican Church At Cologne, And Enriches It With Holy Relics Ancient Traditions Relating To This Edifice — Whether Albert Is The Author Of The Plan — Translation Of The Body Of St. Cordula — His Profound Veneration For The Relics Of The Saints 348

CHAPTER XXX.

Albert Announces The Death Of St. Thomas Of Aquin, Who Is Absent, And Repairs To Paris For His Defence 364

CHAPTER XXXI.

Albert Assists At The Second General Council Of Lyons Causes And Sitting Of That Council His Transactions Therein As Ambassador Of King Rodolph Of Hapsburg 372

CHAPTER XXXII.

Last Writings Of Albert His Summa Of Theology And Its Relations With The Summa Of St. Thomas Paradise Of The Soul On The Manner Of Attaching Oneself To God. 394

CHAPTER XXXIII.

Will Of Albert 406

CHAPTER XXXIV.

Close Of Albert's Teaching — Sudden Defection Of His Memory His Last Days And Employments His Death And Burial Epitaphs 410

CHAPTER XXXV.

In What Manner God Glorified His Servant After Death Translation Of The Body Visions Touching Albert's Beatitude — Cures 421

CHAPTER XXXVI.

In What Manner Men Have Extolled The Memory Of Albert Commemorative Monuments At Cologne Monumental Inscriptions Magical Cup Relics Of The Blessed His Chasuble And Pastoral Staff In The Church Of St. Andrew At Cologne Commemorative Monuments At Ratisbon Alberts School And Chair Gate And Altar At Lauingen — Portraits Of The Great Man In The Italian Churches, Particularly That Of Florence His Praise By Poets, Orators, Historians, Naturalists, And Philosophers 438

CHAPTER XXXVII.

On The Veneration With Which The Church Has Surrounded Albert — Process Of His Canonisation His Office 461

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