See Also: Hugh of Saint-Victor(encyclopedia)
Godfrey of Saint-Victor(encyclopedia)
Saint-Leon, (Charles-Victor-) Arthur (-Michel)(encyclopedia)
Jewett, Hugh(medicine)
Latimer, Hugh(encyclopedia)
Patrick, Hugh(medicine)
Chamberlen, Hugh(encyclopedia)
McCulloch, Hugh(encyclopedia)
MacDiarmid, Hugh(encyclopedia)
Hodge, Hugh(medicine)

Hugh of Saint-Victor (sh)




born 1096
died Feb. 11, 1141, Paris, Fr.

Scholastic theologian who began the tradition of mysticism of the school of St.-Victor, Paris.

He was influenced by St. Augustine of Hippo and by Dionysius the Areopagite and contributed to the development of natural theology. His theology anticipated some of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas.