Hugh of St. Victor has been called by modern historians the leading and most influential theologian of the twelfth century. In his Divine Comedy (early fourteenth century), the poet Dante situates him in the fourth sphere of Paradise, among the...

HUGH OF SAINT-VICTOR (d. 1142) was a regular canon of the Abbey of Saint-Victor, Paris, and influential thinker with lasting and decisive contributions to biblical exegesis, theology, and spirituality. The date and place of Hugh's birth are...

(d. 1141). A leading theologian, biblical interpreter, and mystic of the first half of the 12th century, Hugh was the effective founder of the important school of the abbey of Saint-Victor at Paris. Hugh’s place of birth is...

Hugh of St Victor (c. 1078 – February 11, 1141), mystic philosopher, was probably born at Hartingam, in Saxony. After spending some time in a house of canons regular at Hamersleben, in Saxony, where he completed his studies, he removed to the abbey of...

JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF HUGH OF ST. VICTOR. By Rebecca Moore. South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism. Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars, 1998. Pp. xii + 177. $49.95. In her introduction Moore quotes Gavin Langmuir's description of...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Part IV: St. Denis Book One: The historical background between 1830 and 1832 is noted and commented upon by the author. The Bourbons have fallen in 1830, and Louis - Philippe reigns as a bourgeois monarch in the July Monarchy. However,...