Feast day: November 8
Bl. John Duns Scotus
A Scottish Franciscan philosopher of dazzling subtlety, called the 'Subtle Doctor,' whose arguments defended the Immaculate Conception of Mary centuries before it was defined.
His careful reasoning won the long debate over Mary's Immaculate Conception — and his name, 'Dunse,' was unfairly twisted by opponents into the word 'dunce.'
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