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Richard of St. Victor (died 1173), was one of the most important mystical theologicans of 12th century Paris, then the intellectual center of Europe. Richard, a Scot, was prior of the famous Augustinian abbey of Saint-Victor in Paris from 1162 until his death in 1173.
Richard was a student of the great German mystic Hugo of St. Victor, whose principles and methods he adopted and developted. His most important work, De Trinitate ("On the Trinity") contains his best-known philosophical work in which he stressed that it was possible to reach the essentials of the doctrine of the Trinity by the process of speculative reasoning. Richard had great influence on Bonaventure and the Franciscan mystics. His writings on mystical contemplation earned for him the title "Magnus Contemplator", the great contemplator.
In Dante's Paradise (Paradiso' X.130), he is mentioned among theologians and doctors of the church alongside Isidore of Seville and the Englishman Bede (the latter is the only other Briton in Dante's Paradise).
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Book One - By Richard of St. Victor. Jonathan Couser translation. In pdf. 84K.
A Treatise Named Benjamin - A paraphrase of Richard of St. Victor's Benjamin Minor; some think that the paraphrase is the work of the author of The Cloud of Unknowing. From Pepwell's collection, edited by Edmund G. Gardner. Each chapter in its own file. With notes.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Richard of St. Victor - Biographical article on the 12th-century Scottish theologian, exegete, and mystic.
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New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Richard of St. Victor - Examination of his mystical theology. Includes bibliography. Requires ability to view PNG files.
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