William of Auxerre

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Wilhelm von Auxerre or Latinized Guillelmus Autissiodorensis (* around 1218; † November 3, 1231 (?) In Rome ) was an important theologian of early scholasticism .

Wilhelm von Auxerre was a Magister at the University of Paris and Archdeacon of Beauvais . He was one of the three authors who were commissioned by Pope Gregory IX to work on a new edition of the Physics and Metaphysics of Aristotle , as the edition in circulation had been banned by the Curia due to existing "errors".

His most influential teacher was Praepositinus , also called Prevostin of Cremona , Chancellor of the University of Paris from 1206 to 1209. Wilhelm was the teacher of John of Treviso , one of the first theologians of the new Dominican order of preachers .

His main work is an extensive theological sum, the so-called "Summa aurea". He also wrote a liturgy declaration, the “Summa de officiis ecclesiasticis”. A glossary commentary on the Anticlaudian of Alanus from Insulis has survived in only one manuscript and has not yet been published in any edition.

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  • Summa aurea
    • Summa aurea in quattuor libros sententiarum ... / Guillermus (Altissiodorensis). Quam ... Guillermus de Quercu ... emendavit Guilelmus <Altissiodorensis>. Unchangeable Reprint [d. Ed.] Parisijs, Pigouchet, 1500. Frankfurt a. M .: Minerva-Verl, 1964.
    • J. Ribaillier (ed.): Guillelmus Altissiodorensis, Summa Aurea , lib. I-IV, Grottaferrata / CNRS, Paris / Collegii S. Bonaventurae ad Claras Aquas, Rome 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986.
  • Summa de officiis ecclesiasticis
    • Wilhelm von Auxerre: Summa de officiis ecclesiasticis. Critical digital first edition , edited by Franz Fischer, Cologne 2007–2013, online: guillelmus.uni-koeln.de .
    • Part edition: Johannes Arnold: Spiritualis dedicatio. On the spiritual meaning of the parish festival and parish rite. Two sections of the Summa de officiis ecclesiasticis by Wilhelm von Auxerre and their reception by Durandus von Mende , in: Das Haus Gottes, that is you yourself. Medieval and Baroque understanding of the church as reflected in the consecration of the church , ed. v. Ralf MW Stammberger u. Claudia Sticher, Erudiri Sapientia 6, Berlin 2006, 367-438.
Secondary literature
  • Stephan Ernst: Ethical reason and Christian faith . The process of their mutual release in the time from Anselm von Canterbury to Wilhelm von Auxerre, Münster 1996.
  • Johannes Arnold: Perfecta communicatio. The Trinity Theology of Wilhelm von Auxerre , BGPhMA, NF 24, Münster iW 1995.
  • Walter H. Principe: William of Auxerre's theology of the hypostatic union . Toronto: Pontifical Inst. Of Mediaeval Studies, 1963.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the philological introduction to the Summa de officiis ecclesiasticis v. F. Fischer, Cologne 2007, online: guillelmus.uni-koeln.de .
personal data
SURNAME William of Auxerre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guillelmus autissiodorensis; Guillermus Altissiodorensis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French early school scholastic
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH at November 3, 1231 or at November 3, 1237
Place of death Rome