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Show THREE COUNTRIES CLAIM HIM. In his learned review, at the Marian Congress, in Rome, of the work of the Franciscans in connection con-nection with ihe assertion and defense of the doctrine doc-trine of the Immaculate Conception, Father David Fleming spoke of Duns Seotus as an Irishman. It is generally admitted that John Scotus Erigena, who resided chiefly at the court of Charles the Bald, was a native of Ireland; but Duns Scotus is claimed by England, Ireland and Scotland, says the Loudon Catholic Times. In the earlier centuries cen-turies Ireland undoubtedly was Scotia, and Scotus .eant an Irishman; but this great Franciscan schoolman, . wherever born, appears to have been mainly educated in England. Duns Scotus was a scholar "whom any country might be proud to claim. He became a fellow of Morton college, Oxford, Ox-ford, and greatly distinguished himself in theology, logic, metaphysics, civil and canon law, mathematics, mathemat-ics, natural philosophy and astronomy. When William Varron was removed to Paris, Duns Sco-. I tus succeeded him in the chair of theology, and his prelections were attended by crowds of. auditors. During a visit to Paris he made a powerful defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate ConcVption in a public disputation, and it was on . this occasion that he received the title of tho "Subtle Doctor." He subsequently took up lii.s residence in the French capital and remained there till he was sent by the general of the order to found a new University Univer-sity at Cologne. Such was his reputation that he was met outside Cologne by nearly the whole body of the citizens and drawn-into the city in a triumphal tri-umphal car. |