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== Life ==
== Life ==
Little is known of Scotus' life. He was probably born at [[Duns]], in the [[Scottish Borders|Borders]]. In 1291 he was ordained in [[Northampton, England|Northampton]], [[England]]. A note in Codex 66 of Merton College, Oxford, records that Scotus "flourished at [[Cambridge, England|Cambridge]], [[Oxford, England|Oxford]] and [[ Paris]]<ref>Frank & Wollter p.5</ref>. He began lecturing on Peter Lombard's [[Sentences]] at the prestigious [[University of Paris]] in the Autumn of 1302. Later in that academic year, however, he was expelled from the University of Paris for siding with then [[Pope Boniface VIII]] in his feud with [[Philip the Fair]] of France, over the taxation of church property.
Scotus was back in Paris before the end of 1304, probably returning in May. He continued lecturing there until, for reasons which are still mysterious, he was dispatched to the Franciscan ''studium'' at [[Cologne]], probably in October 1307. He died there in 1308; the date of his death is traditionally given as 8 November.
He is buried in the Church of the [[Minorites]] in Cologne. His sarcophagus bears the Latin inscription: ''Scotia me genuit. Anglia me suscepit. Gallia me docuit. Colonia me tenet.'' (trans. "[[Scotia]] brought me forth. England sustained me. France taught me. Cologne holds me.") He was [[beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] on [[March 20]], [[1993]]. According to an old tradition, Scotus was buried alive following his lapse into a coma.
== Work ==
== Work ==
