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Peter Lombard (also Peter the Lombard, Pierre Lombard or Petrus Lombardus; c. 1096 – 21/22 August 1160) was an Italian scholastic theologian, Bishop of Paris, and author of Four Books of Sentences which became the standard textbook of theology, for which he earned the accolade Magister Sententiarum.
Peter Lombard (born c. 1100, Novara, Lombardy—died Aug. 21/22, 1160, Paris) was a 12th-century bishop whose Four Books of Sentences (Sententiarum libri IV) was the standard theological text of the Middle Ages. After early schooling at Bologna, he went to France to study at Reims and then at Paris.
Peter Lombard (c. 1100 – July 20, 1160) was a leading scholastic theologian and bishop of the twelfth century. His philosophical work, the Four Books of Sentences, a broad compilation of Church theology and doctrine, became the basic textbook for the education of university theologians during the Middle Ages from the thirteenth to the ...
Sep 1, 2012 · Learn about Peter Lombard, a medieval theologian who compiled the Four Books of Sentences, a systematic theology based on Scripture and church tradition. Find out how his work influenced later thinkers such as Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin.
A chapter from a book that introduces the medieval Christian thinker Peter Lombard, his theological writings and his role as the bishop of Paris. Learn about his family, his teaching style, his Book of Sentences and his legacy.
Peter Lombard (ca. 1095 – 1160) was a 12th-century scholastic theologian and bishop of Paris. He wrote the influential "Book of Sentences", a systematic compilation of Christian theology, and proposed the standard list of seven sacraments.
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 probably studied at Bologna.
