Peter the Venerable

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Peter the Venerable was a 12th-century Benedictine monk and influential abbot renowned for his leadership of the Cluniac order and his promotion of theological scholarship, including early Latin translations of Islamic texts.

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Peter the Venerable canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monk ⓘ
Christian polemicist ⓘ
Latin writer ⓘ
abbot ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
activeInCentury 12th century ⓘ
birthName Pierre Maurice de Montboissier ⓘ
collaboratedWith Hermann of Carinthia ⓘ
Mark of Toledo ⓘ
Peter of Toledo ⓘ
Robert of Ketton ⓘ
commissionedWork Corpus Toletanum (Latin translations of Islamic texts) ⓘ
first complete Latin translation of the Qur’an ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1092 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 25 December 1156 ⓘ
educatedAt Cluny Abbey ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
headOf Cluny Abbey ⓘ
influenced later medieval Christian views of Islam ⓘ
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Gregory the Great ⓘ
knownFor defense of Bernard of Clairvaux in some controversies ⓘ
engagement in Christian–Islamic polemics ⓘ
writings against Peter Abelard ⓘ
languageOfWork Latin ⓘ
memberOf Cluniac order ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines

Order of Saint Benedict ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines
nativeLanguage Old French ⓘ
notableFor Latin translation of the Qur’an project ⓘ
commissioning Latin translations of Islamic texts ⓘ
leadership of the Cluniac order ⓘ
promotion of theological scholarship ⓘ
occupation Benedictine monk ⓘ
abbot of Cluny ⓘ
participatedIn Second Lateran Council ⓘ
placeOfBirth near Clermont, Auvergne ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cluny Abbey ⓘ
positionHeld Abbot of Cluny ⓘ
predecessor Pons of Melgueil ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
religiousName Peter the Venerable ⓘ
successor Matthew of Albano ⓘ
supported reform of Cluniac monastic discipline ⓘ
wrote Liber contra sectam sive haeresim Saracenorum ⓘ
Summa totius haeresis Saracenorum ⓘ
letters (epistolae) on ecclesiastical and political matters ⓘ
treatises against Peter of Bruys and Henry of Lausanne ⓘ

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Cluny Abbey → hadAbbot → Peter the Venerable ⓘ
Peter the Venerable → religiousName → Peter the Venerable ⓘ
Order of Cluny → notableAbbot → Peter the Venerable ⓘ
Abbot of Cluny → notableOfficeHolder → Peter the Venerable ⓘ
Pierre Maurice de Montboissier → hasName → Peter the Venerable ⓘ
Robert of Ketton → collaboratedWith → Peter the Venerable ⓘ
Robert of Ketton → commissionedBy → Peter the Venerable ⓘ
Peter of Toledo → collaboratedWith → Peter the Venerable ⓘ
Peter of Toledo → patron → Peter the Venerable ⓘ