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Arnau de Vilanova

Type Figure Region Catalonia Time c. 1240–1311 Also known as Arnau de Vilanova、Arnaldus de Villanova、Arnaldus de Villa Nova

Catalan physician, theologian, and author (c. 1240–1311) active in Aragon, southern France, and the papal court, famed for medical writings and contr…

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  1. c. 1260–1300Montpellier · LanguedocHe received medical training in Montpellier and elsewhere, later serving the courts of Aragon, Sicily, and southern France, known for works such as the Regimen Sanitatis, and also venturing into alchemy and natural philosophy.
  2. 1301–1310Avignon · ProvenceIn the 1300s he served as physician to Pope Clement V and his predecessors in Avignon, taking part in papal medical and scholarly affairs. He also wrote prophetic theological pamphlets advocating church reform, some of which were censored and banned by the Paris theology faculty.
  3. 1310–1311Genoa · LiguriaSent by Clement V in 1310 to Lyon for business related to a church council, he died near Genoa in September 1311 while returning. His medical and theological works circulated widely in late medieval Europe, and his controversial prophetic texts long provoked discussion.

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