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Report No. a250 |
Guillelmus Arvernus |
c.1180/90–1249 |
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William, of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris (LC); William of Auvergne; Guillaume d’Auvergne; Wilhelm von Auverge |
Biography/Description |
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A Parisian professor of theology and later bishop of Paris (1228–1249), composed manuals on penance and confession which oftentimes drew heavily from canonistic material. |
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Entry by: KP rev AL 2015 |
Text(s) |
| No. 1 | Tractatus novus de penitentia. |
| No. 2 | De confessione. |
Text(s) – Manuscripts |
| No. 2 |
De confessione. |
| Manuscript | Chartres, BM 377 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Reg. lat. 444 |
Klosterneuberg, Stiftsbibl. 205 |
Klosterneuberg, Stiftsbibl. 450 |
London, BL Royal 8 F VII |
Mechelen, Grand Séminaire 28 |
Namur, Société Archéologique 23 |
Text(s) – Modern Editions |
| No. 1 |
Tractatus novus de penitentia. |
| Modern Editions |
A hybrid version of the text, fused with various tracts of different origin, is printed in G’s Opera Omnia , 2.2 (Paris, Orléans, London 1674) 238b–247a. (See P. Glorieux, Miscellanea A. Jansen 551–65. The pagination is the second in the vol. The London printing is available by subscription through Early English Books Online..) |
| No. 2 |
De confessione. |
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Printed as part of the hybrid edition of G’s Tractatus novus in G’s Opera Omnia (Paris, Orléans, London 1674) 238b–247a. (See the previous note..) |
Literature |
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P. Michaud-Quantin, Sommes de casuistique et manuels de confession au moyen âge (XII–XVI siècles) (Louvain 1962) 28–30. |
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P. Glorieux, ‘Le Tractatus novus de Poenitentia de Guillaume d’Auvergne’, in Miscellanea A. Jansen (Louvain 1949) 551–65. |
