Saint-Victor, Abbey of

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• Abbey of Saint-Victor —     Abbey of Saint Victor     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abbey of Saint Victor     In the year 1108, the famous William of Champeaux, archdeacon of Notre Dame in Paris, who had been lecturing to crowds of students, relinquishing his chair, retired …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Abbey of Saint Victor — (or Saint Victor) may refer to: * Abbey of Saint Victor, Marseille * Abbey of Saint Victor, Paris …   Wikipedia

• Abbey of Saint Victor, Marseille — For the abbey near Paris see St. Victor s Abbey, Paris St. Victor s Abbey, Marseille, was a late Roman monastic foundation in Marseille in the south of France, named after the local soldier saint and martyr, Saint Victor.In about 415, John… …   Wikipedia

• Hugh of Saint-Victor — born 1096 died Feb. 11, 1141, Paris, Fr. Scholastic theologian who began the tradition of mysticism of the school of St. Victor, Paris. He was influenced by St. Augustine of Hippo and by Dionysius the Areopagite and contributed to the development …   Universalium

• Abbey of Saint Victor, Paris — For the abbey in Marseille see St. Victor s Abbey, Marseille St. Victor s Abbey, Paris, otherwise the Royal Abbey and School of St. Victor, had its origins when William of Champeaux, the Archdeacon of Paris, retired to a small hermitage near… …   Wikipedia

• Achard de Saint-Victor —     Achard de Saint Victor     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Achard de Saint Victor     Canon regular, Abbot of St Victor, Paris, and Bishop of Avranches, b. about 1100; d. 1172. By some authorities he is said to have been of English extraction, by… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Adam of Saint Victor — ( d. 1146) [It was previously believed that he died late 12th century, but that is now believed to be false] was a prolific poet and composer of Latin hymns and sequences. He is believed to have sparked the expansion of the poetic and musical… …   Wikipedia

• Godfrey of Saint-Victor — born с 1125 died 1194, Paris French monk, philosopher, theologian, and poet. About 1160 Godfrey entered the monastery of Saint Victor in Paris. He left after 20 years for a rural priory, where he wrote his principal work, Microcosmus, an attempt… …   Universalium

• Hugh of Saint Victor — (c. 1096 – 11 February 1141) was born perhaps in France, or more probably in Saxony. His origins and early life are rather obscure. He studied and taught at the Augustinian Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris after which he is named. His writings… …   Wikipedia

• Richard of Saint-Victor — ▪ French theologian born , Scotland/England died March 10, 1173, Paris, Fr.       Roman Catholic theologian whose treatises profoundly influenced medieval and modern mysticism.       Richard entered the Abbey of Saint Victor, Paris, and studied… …   Universalium