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Hugh of Saint Victor

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Hugh of Saint Victor 1096-1141, French or German philosopher and theologian, a canon regular of the monastery of St. Victor, Paris, from c.1115. In 1133 he was made head of the monastery school, which became under him one of the principal centers of learning in medieval France. Hugh made St. Victor the chief competitor of Abelard's school (see Abelard ). Hugh's Eruditionis didascaliae libri VII expounds his new contribution to the division of knowledge. De sacramentis Christianae fidei ( On the Sacraments of the Christian Faith; tr. by R. J. Defarrari, 1957), Hugh's chief work,... Read more

Hugh of Saint-Victor
...Augustine of Hippo and by Dionysius the Areopagite and contributed to the development of natural theology. His theology anticipated some of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas . Hugh of Saint-Victor Hugh of Saint-Victor Hugh of Saint-Victor Read more

Richard of Saint Victor
...Scottish monk and mystic, prior of the Abbey of St. Victor, Paris. His principal importance is in the history of mystical theology, in which he is a successor to Hugh of Saint Victor . In two works, Benjamin Major and Benjamin Minor... Read more

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