Bradwardine
THOMAS, "DOCTOR PROFUNDUS," Archbishop of Canterbury, born in Chichester, in 1290. He was distinguished for his varied learning, and for his treatise, "De Causa Dei contra Pelagium," an extensive work against the Pelagian heresy, for centuries a standard authority. He was chaplain and confessor to Edward III.
Being appointed archbishop he hastened to England, but died of the black death on reaching London, Aug. 26, 1349.