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Berengar of Tours

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Berengar of Tours , c.1000-1088?, French theologian, also called Bérenger and Berengarius, b. Tours. He was archdeacon of Angers (c.1040-1060). After studying at Chartres, he returned to Tours to become head of its cathedral school. Berengar is said to have denied the Real Presence in the Eucharist . His defiance of authority angered his contemporaries, particularly Lanfranc . Berengar was defended by Pope Gregory VII and Peter Damian. He wrote a reply to Lanfranc, De Sacra Coena, which was condemned. He was declared a heretic, but became reconciled with the church before... Read more
Berengar of Tours
...by the Council of Vercelli (1050) and the Synod at Paris (1051). After a compromise, he was again condemned in 1076, 1078, 1079, and 1080 and spent the rest of his life in ascetic solitude. Berengar of Tours Berengar of Tours Berengar of Tours Read more
Berengar of Tours
Berengar of Tours ( c. 1010–88), theologian. His family was connected with St Martin's, Tours, and by 1030 he was a canon there. He was...of Angers cathedral, but he returned to Tours and from c. 1070 he was ‘master of... Read more

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