Blessed John Duns Scotus Scotland Doll

Handmade original Blessed John Duns Scotus wooden doll ornament. Perfect for the Christmas Tree. Bring out on feast day or for a Novena.

Gift for a birthday or sacrament (Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Marriage) celebration. Teacher, priest, grandparent gift.

Born in 1266 at Duns in Scotland, a descendant of a wealthy farming family (Scotia is Latin for Scotland). One of the most influential Franciscans, he received the habit of the Friars Minor at Dumfries where his uncle Elias Duns was superior. Studying at Oxford and Paris, ordained in 1291, before returning to lecture at Oxford and Cambridge. He pointed out the richness of the Augustinian-Franciscan tradition, appreciated the wisdom of Aquinas, Aristotle and the Muslim philosphers and still managed to be an independent thinker.

Blessed John Duns Scotus was honored as a saint, and his tomb has been visited through the centuries by large numbers of the faithful. During the Second World War the Friars' Church, which was formerly in the care of the Conventuals, was demolished; and while it was being rebuilt, the relics of Blessed John Duns Scotus were kept in a secret place in the famous cathedral, except for an arm which is now kept in an ancient sarcophagus in the crypt of the Franciscans' new church in another part of the city.