Peter Cantor
Peter Cantor (died 1197), also known as Peter the Chanter or by his Latin name Petrus Cantor, was a French Roman Catholic theologian.[1] He received his education at Rheims, and later moved on to Paris, where, in 1183, he became Chanter (hence his name) at Notre Dame. Charters show Petrus Cantor as a man active in hearing cases, witnessing documents and participating in the business of the chapter of Notre Dame.[2] Petrus was elected dean at Reims in 1196, but died in the following year in the Longpont Abbey, some time after 29 January 1197.[3] He commented on Old Testament and New Testament books.[1] His work on the sacrament of penance is especially noteworthy.[1] His work reflects Scholastic perspectives.[1]
Medievalist Jacques Le Goff cites Cantor when locating the "birth of purgatory" in the 12th century, based on Cantor's use of the term purgatorium as a noun in 1170.[4] John Baldwin's extensive study of Peter the Chanter and his circle underlines their social doctrines. Their teachings influenced the theological program of the Fourth Lateran Council.[5]
Bibliography
A group of Petrus' questions on the sacraments was compiled and published by Jean-Albert Dugauquier; see Summa De Sacramentis et Animae Consiliis', Louvain, Louvain University Press, 1954–1957. Petrus Cantor wrote the book Verbum Abbreviatum which was edited by Georgius Galopinus and published in 1639.[6][7] This work has been edited in the series Corpus Christianorum.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Peter Cantor - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- ↑ John Baldwin, Masters, Princes and Merchants: The Social Views of Peter the Chanter and His Circle, 2 vols., Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1970, vol. 2, 235-240.
- ↑ Beryl Smalley, The Gospels in the Schools c. 1100 - c. 1280, London 1985, p. 101
- ↑ Le Goff, Jacques. The Birth of Purgatory. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.
- ↑ John Baldwin, Masters, Princes and Merchants: The Social Views of Peter the Chanter and His Circle, 315-343.
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- ↑ Petri Cantoris Parisiensis verbvm abbreviatvm, textus alter, ed. Monique Boutry (Turnhout, 2012).
Further reading
- Philippe Buc, L'Ambiguïté du Livre. Prince, pouvoir, et peuple dans les commentaires de la Bible au Moyen Âge. Beauchesne (1994)
- Philippe Buc, "Vox clamantis in deserto? Pierre le Chantre et la prédication laïque", Revue Mabillon 4 (1993), pp. 5–47.
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