Alfanus I

Alfano I, Archbishop of Salerno (died 1085) was a noted physician and ecclesiastic, archbishop of Salerno from 1058, who worked at the famous Schola Medica Salernitana. Quotes ...ad doctrinam huiusmodi copiosius a perpluribus dicta auctoribus, et praecipue ab his quos mater educavit Graecia, Latinorum cogente penuria, . . . transferenda conferam Translation: ...for the teaching of this kind I will devote myself to translating what is said more fully by many authors, and especially those whom mother Greece educated, whilst the Latins were oppressed by lack, . . . of knowledge. From the preface to his translation of the Premnon phisicon of Nemesius. Attributed Tum medicinali tantum florebat in arte, posset ut hic nullus languor hobere locum Translation: Medicine was so advanced in Salerno that there was no place for illness.. External links Category:11th century deaths Category:Physicians