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Peter Lombard

Type Figure Region France Time c. 1100–1160 Also known as Peter Lombard、Petrus Lombardus、Magister Sententiarum

Peter Lombard was a 12th-century French theologian and Paris master, famed for the Sentences, the standard medieval scholastic textbook.

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  1. c. 1100–1136Lombardy · LombardyPeter Lombard was born in the Lombardy region of northern Italy and later went to France for advanced study, learning under scholars such as Gerbert at Reims, Paris, and elsewhere, receiving systematic training in theology, philosophy, and the Church Fathers.
  2. 1141–1150Paris · FranceIn the 1140s he taught at the school of Notre-Dame in Paris, and between 1141 and 1150 he compiled the Sententiae, quoting and commenting on the sayings of Augustine and other Church Fathers arranged by topic, which became the core textbook of scholastic theology.
  3. 1159–1160Paris · FranceIn 1159 he was promoted to Bishop of Paris, continuing to advance theological education, but he died in 1160. His Sentences remained a foundational text of theology curricula at European universities for several centuries.

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