Giles of Rome

Giles of Rome
Giles, from a 15th-century manuscript of De regimine principum
Born	c.1243 Rome, Papal States
Died	(1316-12-22)22 December 1316 Avignon, Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles
Nationality	Italian
Education	University of Paris
Era	Medieval philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Aristotelianism Thomism Augustinianism
Main interests	Metaphysics, Logic, Epistemology, Natural Philosophy, Medicine, Ethics, Political philosophy

Giles of Rome O.S.A. (Latin: Aegidius Romanus; Italian: Egidio Colonna; c. 1243 – 22 December 1316) was a medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian and a friar of the Order of St Augustine, who was also appointed to the positions of prior general of his order and as Archbishop of Bourges. He is famed as being a logician, who produced a commentary on the Organon by Aristotle, and as the author of two important works: De ecclesiastica potestate, a major text of early-14th-century papalism, and De regimine principum, a guide book for Christian temporal leadership. Giles was styled Doctor Fundatissimus ("Best-Grounded Teacher") by Pope Benedict XIV.

Writers in 14th- and 15th-century-England such as John Trevisa and Thomas Hoccleve translated or adapted him into English.