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Héloïse d’Argenteuil
12th-century French nun, philosopher and writer
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 1101
- Died
- 15 May 1164
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Oratory of the Paraclete
- Sex or gender
- female
- Given name
- Héloïse
- Family name
- d'Argenteuil
- Mother
- Hersende de Champagné
- Spouse
- Peter Abelard
- Child
- Astralabius
- Occupation
- writer, philosopher, Christian nun, nun, scholar
- Position held
- abbess
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Native language
- Old French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography, A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Heloiza
- languages spoken, written or signed
- medieval Latin, Old French
- name in native language
- Héloïse
- notable work
- Letters, Letters of Abelard and Heloise
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery, Héloïse and Abélard's tomb
- religious order
- Nuns of the order of Saint Benedict
- topic's main category
- Category:Héloïse d’Argenteuil
- writing language
- medieval Latin
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