Editing Michael Scot (section)

==Early life and education==
Scot was born somewhere in the border regions of Scotland. He studied first at the cathedral school of [[Durham, England|Durham]] and then at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Paris|Paris]], devoting himself to philosophy, mathematics, and astrology. It appears that he had also studied [[theology]] and become an [[ordination|ordained]] priest, as [[Pope Honorius III]] wrote to [[Stephen Langton]] on 16 January 1223/4, urging him to confer an English [[benefice]] on Scot, and nominated Scot as [[archbishop of Cashel]] in Ireland.<ref name=StAndrews/> Scot declined this appointment, but he seems to have held benefices in [[Italy]]. 

From Paris, Scot went to [[Bologna]], and then after a stay at [[Palermo]], to [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]. There he learnt Arabic well enough to study the Arabic versions of [[Aristotle]] and the many commentaries of the Arabs upon these. In addition, he studied the original works of [[Avicenna]] and [[Averroes]], and translated them into Latin.<ref name=StAndrews>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=T. C. |last2=Marketos |first2=P.|title=Michael Scot |url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Scot/|publisher=[[University of St Andrews]] |access-date=23 October 2016 |date=November 2014}}</ref>