About Nicholas of Amiens
Lived 1147 – 1204 (aged 56–57). Nicholas of Amiens was a French theologian.
Nicholas of Amiens (Nicholaus Ambianensis) (1147 – c.1200) was a French theologian, a pupil of Gilbert de la Porrée.
He is known for a single major work, the De arte catholicae fidei; it is modelled after Euclid's Elements. Some still attribute it to Alain of Lille, a question that has divided scholars since the nineteenth century.
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Who was Nicholas of Amiens?
French theologian
When was Nicholas of Amiens born?
Nicholas of Amiens was born in 1147.
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Nicholas of Amiens died in 1204.
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Nicholas of Amiens was a theologian.
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Nicholas of Amiens was French.
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