About Peter of Limoges
Lived 1240 – 1306 (aged 65–66). Peter of Limoges was a theologian, canon and scholar.
Peter of Limoges ( or ; ; – 1306) was the author of A Moral Treatise on the Eye or On the Moral Eye , a popular guide for Catholic priests, composed at the University of Paris sometime in the 1270s or 1280s. The work depended heavily on Roger Bacon's earlier treatment of optics.
Peter of Limoges was the friend of Robert de Sorbonne and also taught at the University of Sorbonne. He was a disciple of Ramon Llull.
He may be identical to the Peter of Limoges who was the first known dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Paris, attested in 1267 and 1270.
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Who was Peter of Limoges?
13th century Catholic author
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Peter of Limoges was born in 1240 in Donzenac.
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Peter of Limoges died in 1306 in Blaye.
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Peter of Limoges was a theologian, canon and scholar.
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