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The Franciscans got the best of the dispute, under the leadership of one 

 of the most celebrated masters of his time, the formidable opponent of the 



Fig. 46. St. Bonaventure. From a Fresco Painting by John of Florence, in the Chapel of 

 Nicholas V. at the Vatican (Fifteenth Century). 



school of St. Thomas. This was the doughty Duns Scotus, who was surnamod 

 the Htibtlc Doctor, and whom the Franciscans called the Column, the Torch, 



