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On March 22, 2008, Holy Saturday in the Christian calendar, Fr. Armand Maurer, C.S.B, passed away in Toronto at a hospital close to the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies where he had spent nearly the entirety of his illustrious academic career. Born January 21, 1915 to parents of modest means, Fr. Maurer first became interested in philosophy at the Aquinas Institute High School where he also encountered priests of the Basilian order into whose number he would soon be admitted. Encouraged to pursue his education at St. Michael's College of the University of Toronto, Maurer enrolled in the College as a student of honors course in philosophy in 1933. After graduating with a B.A. in 1938, Maurer entered the novitiate of the Basilians, making his profession of vows in 1941. After teaching for two years at the Aquinas Institute, he returned to Toronto to study theology and was ordained to the priesthood there August 15, 1945 by Archbishop James Charles McGuigan. Undertaking graduate studies at the University of Toronto, he completed in short order both his licentiate and doctoral degrees, graduating with his Ph.D. in 1947. After spending a period of post-doctoral study in Paris from 1947 until 1949, Fr. Maurer was appointed a fellow of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in 1949, a position he still occupied at his death.