Peter Cellensis

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Pierre de Celle (Peter de la Celle, Peter Cellensis) (b. in Champagne c. 1115;[1] d. at Chartres, 20 February 1183) was a French Benedictine and bishop.

[edit] Life

He was born into an aristocratic family and educated in the Priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs at Paris. He became a Benedictine, and in 1150 was made Abbot of La Celle near Troyes, where he got his surname, Cellensis.

In 1162 he was appointed Abbot of St. Rémy at Reims, and in 1181 he succeeded John of Salisbury as Bishop of Chartres. He was highly regarded by many other churchmen of his time such as Thomas Becket, Pope Eugene III and Pope Alexander III.[2]

[edit] Works

His literary productions were edited by Janvier[3] and reprinted in Patrologia Latina.[4] They consist of 177 epistles, 95 sermons, and some treatises.[5] The treatises were titled:

  • Epistola ad Joannem Saresberiensem[6]
  • De panibus[7]
  • Mystica et moralis expositio Mosaici tabernaculi[8]
  • De conscientia[9]
  • Tractatus de disciplina claustrali[10]

His letters were edited separately and are believed to be valuable from an historical standpoint.[11]

The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913 said that his sermons and treatises "are extremely bombastic and allegorical".

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peter of Celle, Bishop of Chartres (1181-1183)
  2. ^ Peter Cellensis - Catholic Encyclopedia article
  3. ^ Paris, 1671
  4. ^ Patrologia Latina, Volume 202, pages 405-1146, citation from the Catholic Encyclopedia
  5. ^ Peter Cellensis, Catholic Encyclopedia article
  6. ^ Petrus Cellensis [MED], Epistola ad Joannem Saresberiensem [v202.13] - Patrologia Latina Database Bibliography
  7. ^ Petrus Cellensis [MED], De panibus [v202.14] - Patrologia Latina Database Bibliography
  8. ^ Petrus Cellensis [MED], Mystica et moralis expositio Mosaici tabernaculi [v202.15] - Patrologia Latina Database Bibliography
  9. ^ Petrus Cellensis [MED], De conscientia [v202.16] - Patrologia Latina Database Bibliography
  10. ^ Petrus Cellensis [MED], Tractatus de disciplina claustrali [v202.17] - Patrologia Latina Database Bibliography
  11. ^ Sirmond, Paris, 1613, from the Catholic Encyclopedia article