Peter Ceffons (French: Pierre Ceffons, Latin: Petrus de Ceffons Clarevallensis; fl.1340s) was a French Cistercian theologian and scholastic philosopher, who became Abbot of Clairvaux. He is considered an early humanist for his style. [1]
He lectured on the Sentences at Paris in the late 1340s, using angle as a metaphor. [2] He was influenced by Adam Wodeham, [3] Gregory of Rimini and John of Mirecourt. [4]
He wrote a satirical work Epistola Luciferi ad Cleros, an attack on the secular clergy; [5] it is dated to 1352. [6]
Peter Ceffons (French: Pierre Ceffons, Latin: Petrus de Ceffons Clarevallensis; fl.1340s) was a French Cistercian theologian and scholastic philosopher, who became Abbot of Clairvaux. He is considered an early humanist for his style. [1]
He lectured on the Sentences at Paris in the late 1340s, using angle as a metaphor. [2] He was influenced by Adam Wodeham, [3] Gregory of Rimini and John of Mirecourt. [4]
He wrote a satirical work Epistola Luciferi ad Cleros, an attack on the secular clergy; [5] it is dated to 1352. [6]