Michael Scotus

Life
Translator of Averroes; prob. not Irish since he refused the archbishopric of Cashel as not knowing the Irish language.

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Commentary
W. B
.Stanford, Ireland and the Classical Tradition (IAP 1976; 1984), notes that he refused the see of Cashel [&c.]; further remarks that ‘Scotus’ normally meant Scottish at the date in question date (pp.12-13.)

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