GERARD of Bologna. — Carmelite theologian, d. 1317. He was the first of his Order to obtain the mastership at the University of Paris, where he taught in 1307. General superior (from 1307 until his death), he gave a strong scholastic direction to the entire Order.
He wrote extensively: a commentary on the Sentences, 4 quodlibets, ordinary questions on the virtues, and a Summa of theology left incomplete.
His tendency was eclectic with a marked preference for the intellectualism of Godfrey of Fontaines; this would be the characteristic of the Parisian Carmelite school until John Baconthorp.
Bibl.: B. Xiberta, De scriptoribus scholasticis saec. XIV ex Ord. Carm., Louvain 1931, pp. 74-110; M. De Wulf, Storia della filosofia medievale, III, Italian trans. by V. Miano, Florence 1948, pp. 103-104.