St. Albert was a Dominican bishop who wrote, taught and preached across Germany and eventually in Paris, where one of his students was Thomas Aquinas. Albert's writings on Aristotle and the natural world helped set up Aquinas for his own great writings. One of Albert's nicknames was "Boots the Bishop " because in his humility he walked across his diocese rather than riding a horse. He is the patron of scientists and philosophers. St. Albert, pray for us.