Hugo de Folieto

Hugo de Folieto , also Hugo von Fouilloy (* around 1100 in Fouilloy near Amiens , † around 1174 in Saint-Laurent-au-Bois ) was a clergyman and author of theological works.

Hugo named himself after his birthplace Fouilloy de Folieto in Latin . He became a clergyman and from a young age lived as a regulated canon in the Abbey of Saint-Laurent-au-Bois near Corbie . From 1132 to 1152 he was prior of Saint-Nicolas de Régny and from 1153 until his death prior of the Augustinian canon of Saint-Laurent-au-Bois.

Hugo is the author of numerous theological works in Latin, which, however, were often mistaken for works by Hugo von St. Victor and were printed under his name. Hugo de Folieto's works were not widely used. “Hugo's main work 'De claustro animae' is - admittedly - one of the most widespread works of the Middle Ages ...” (J. Seyfarth, Speculum Virginum, 2001, I, p. 25). His works have come down to us in manuscripts from the 12th to 16th centuries and often deal with the allegorical consideration of monastic buildings.

Works

• De medicina animae
• De nuptiis
• De avibus (created between 1132 and 1152)
• De claustro animae (4 volumes, around 1160)
• De rota verae et falsae religionis
• De pastoribus et ovibus

literature

• Max Manitius , Paul Lehmann : History of the Latin Literature of the Middle Ages . Volume 3: From the outbreak of the church dispute to the end of the 12th century. , Beck, Munich 1931, pp. 226-228. Various unaltered reprints exist.
• Birgit Gansweidt: Hugo de Folieto . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 5, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-7608-8905-0 , column 171 f.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Hugo de Folieto. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 1140-1141.

Web links

• De claustro animae, digitized