The Italian theologian Peter Lombard (ca. 1095-1160) wrote "The Sentences," a work that became the standard textbook on theology in European universities for 400 years. Peter Lombard was born at Lumellogno in the region of Novara in northern Italy....

PETER LOMBARD (c. 1100–1160), also known as Peter the Lombard, was a Christian theologian and teacher. There is little precise knowledge of Peter Lombard's origin except that he was born in northern Italy at Lumellogno in Novarre before...

(ca. 1100–1160). The “Master of the Sentences,” born and educated in Novara, Lombardy, arrived in Paris via Reims (ca. 1135) with a letter of recommendation from Bernard of Clairvaux to Abbot Gilduin of Saint-Victor. While he...

Peter Lombard [addendum] Although Father Ignatius C. Brady's entry from the first edition remains authoritative, significant progress has since been made in research on Peter Lombard. Most importantly, the new edition of the Book of Sentences to...

Peter Lombard(C. 1095–1160) Peter Lombard, the theologian and bishop of Paris, was born at Lumellogno, Lombardy. He was elected bishop in 1159 and died the next year in Paris. Born of a Longobard family (hence his "surname"), Peter...

Peter Lombard or Petrus Lombardus; (c. 1100–July 20, 1160 in Paris) was a scholastic theologian and bishop and author of Four Books of Sentences, which became the standard textbook of theology, for which he is also known as Magister...

Peter Lombard. By Philipp W Rosemann. [Great Medieval Thinkers. ] (Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004. Pp. xvi, 272. Paperback.) With this volume, Philipp Rosemann has produced a very readable introduction to Peter Lombard, master of theology and then Bishop of Paris (d. 1160),...

Peter Noble Lombard, 82, a retired eye, ear, nose and throat surgeon in Silver Spring who was active in professional, civic and church organizations, died of heart ailments Nov. 23 at Holy Cross Hospital. In World War II, he served in the Army...

In the following essay, Colish examines how Lombard differs from his predecessors in his commentary on the Book of Psalms.

In the following essay, Colish explains why Lombard's exposition of the Pauline Epistles was the most acclaimed commentary of its kind in the twelfth century.

In the following excerpt, Colish provides an overview of Lombard's life and works.