Alain of Lille

Details

Instance of

human

Born

1117s, 1114, 1115

Died

29 December 1202

Place of birth

Lille

Place of death

Nuits-Saint-Georges, Cîteaux Abbey

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Alain, Alanus

Field of work

theology, Christianity, scholasticism

Occupation

theologian, philosopher, teacher, poet, writer, historian

Position held

rector

Citizenship

Kingdom of France

Native language

Old French

Religion

Catholic Church

described by source

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Otto's encyclopedia, Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed., Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyklopedja Kościelna, Library of the World's Best Literature, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Slovník naučný

different from

Alan of Tewkesbury

feast day

January 30

influenced by

Proclus

languages spoken, written or signed

medieval Latin, Old French, Latin

name in native language

Alain de Lille

nickname

Docteur universel

notable work

Liber parabolarum, Anticlaudianus, Tractatus de virtutibus et de vitiis et de donis spiritus sancti, Ars praedicandi, De planctu Naturae, Omnis mundi creatura, Regulae theologicae, De sphaera intelligibili, De sex alis cherubim, Expositio in Cantica canticorum, Sermons, Liber poenitentialis

place of burial

Cîteaux Abbey

religious order

Cistercians

student

Ralph of Longchamp

student of

Gilbert de La Porrée, Bernard Silvestris, Peter Abelard, Thierry of Chartres

topic's main category

Category:Alain de Lille

writing language

medieval Latin

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