Dominican friar Albert of Cologne was widely called Magnus the Great. His contemporaries said St. Albert simply knew all there was to know; he was a scientist, theologian, and philosopher; a teacher, preacher, and negotiator; a shrewd shepherd and an unflinching defender of the Faith.
St. Albert was tireless (and courageous) in his leadership and works of reform as a Dominican and diocesan bishop. Desperate popes asked him to take part in diplomatic missions, hoping that Magnus might succeed in making peace where lesser men had failed.
Because his writings and preaching are useful to Christians of any time period, St. Albert the Great is called a Doctor of the Church, along with several other special saints.
St. Albert reminds us that faith and science are not separate from each other and that we are all called, by our own Christian baptism, to defend our Faith and always work to make things better and bring peace where we can.
St. Albert 's feast day is November 15th. St. Albert, pray for us!