Matthew Paris

Details

Instance of

human

Born

1200

Died

1259

Place of birth

England

Place of death

St Albans

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Matthew

Family name

Paris

Occupation

cartographer, hagiographer, heraldist, illuminator, painter, writer, monk, historian, scribe, chronicler

Citizenship

Kingdom of England

Religion

Catholic Church

described by source

Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Catholic Encyclopedia

educated at

St Albans School

languages spoken, written or signed

medieval Latin, Anglo-Norman, Old French

name in native language

Matthew Paris

notable work

Chronica maiora, The Lives of the Two Offas, Vita sancti Edmundi Cantuariensis, La vie saint Eadmund le confessur, arcevesque de Canterbire, La vie d'Étienne Langton, La vie saint Thomas le martyr, La estoire de seint Aedward le rei, Sortes, La vie de seint Auban, Flores historiarum, Gesta abbatum monasterii Sancti Albani, Abbreviatio Chronicorum Angliae

place of burial

England

religious order

Benedictines

start of work period

1217

topic's main category

Category:Matthew Paris

writing language

medieval Latin, Anglo-Norman, Old French

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