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Arnaldus de Villa Nova
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physician and alchemist of Crown of Aragon
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Arnaldus de Villa Nova was a male human born in Villanueva de Jiloca and a citizen of the Crown of Aragon. He worked as a theologian, philosopher, physician, and diplomat. His professional fields included medicine, diplomacy, medieval philosophy, and alchemy. He was educated at and employed by the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier. He studied under Albertus Magnus and held the rank of knight.
He died in Genoa in 1311. His notable works include the Rosary of the Philosophers and Tractatus de vinis. He also authored texts such as Opera utilissima and Regimē sanitatis Salernitanum. He was a Catholic who spoke Old Catalan, medieval Latin, and Latin. His students included Ramon Llull and Vital du Four. His works are held in the collection of the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- (1240
- Died
- 1311
- Works
- 109
Top works
- Conservandae bonae valetudinis praecepta longe saluberrima, regi Angliae quondam a doctoribus scholae Salernitanae versibus conscripta
- Opera utilissima ...
- [Herbarius]
- Regimē sanitatis Salernitanum
- Avicennae principis, et philosophi sapientissimi libri in re medica omnes, qui bactenus ad nos peruenere, idest, libri canonis quinque, de viribus cordis, de remouendis nocumentis in regimine santitatis, de sirupo acetoso, et cantica, omnia nouissimè post aliorum omnium operam à Ioanne Paulo Mongio Hydruntino, & Ioanne Costæo Laudensi recognita, accessere autem in hac editione præter magnam in emendando contextu diligentiam, & lectionum ex vetustissimis codicibus animaduersam varietatem, præter arabicarum vocum interpretationem passim ex optimis authoribus adhibitam, annotationes eorundem Coasæi et Mognii in libros canonis, quibus consensus & dissensus principum tum philosophorum tum medicorum inter se, breuissimè quantum fieri potest, suo loco explicantur, adiecti etiam postremo loco sunt Indices quatuor, duo quidem veluti arabicæ linguæ promptuaria, antiquum vnum à Gerardo Cremonensi, vt videtur, alterum verò postea à Bellvnensi editum, duo autem præterea, quibus res omnes in his libris, & in contextu, & in annotationibus memorabiles, copiosè, multa side, atque ordine colliguntur, vt nihil tandem in postrema hac editione sit prætermissum, quod studiosis medicinæ prosuturum, sit animaduersum, cvm privilegiis
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Key facts
- Born
- c.1240, unknown
- Died
- c.1311, Genoa
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Crown of Aragon
- Place of birth
- Villanueva de Jiloca
- Place of death
- Genoa
- Occupation
- alchemist
- Educated at
- University of Montpellier
- Employer
- University of Montpellier
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Student of
- Albertus Magnus
- Field of work
- alchemy
- Military rank
- knight
- Image
- Arnaldus de Villanova.jpg
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- Commons category
- Arnaldus de Villanova
- date of birth
- 1258-00-00
- date of death
- 1313-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- student
- Vital du Four
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P12749
- Bernd Schneider
- Commons Creator page
- Arnaldus de Villa Nova
- P13311
- Plovdiv
- P8168
- Iclod
- has works in the collection
- Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
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Encyclopedic overview
Arnaldus de Villa Nova (also called Arnau de Vilanova, Arnaldus Villanovanus, Arnaud de Ville-Neuve or Arnaldo de Villanueva, c. 1240–1311) was a physician and a religious reformer.
He is credited with translating a number of medical texts from Arabic, including works by Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Abu-l-Salt and Galen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arnaldus de Villa Nova” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.