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William Perault, (c. 1190 – 1271), also spelled Perauld; Latinized Peraldus or Peraltus, was a Dominican writer and preacher.
Life
He was born at
Peyraud,
France
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. He studied at the
Sorbonne University of Paris, and there, being drawn to the religious life by the preaching perhaps of
Jordan of Saxony
Jordan of Saxony, (referred to in Latin as Jordanis, also known as de Alamania; c. 1190 – 1237), was one of the first leaders of the Dominican Order. His feast day is February 13.
Life
Jordan belonged to the noble German family of the Cou ...
, he was received into the
Dominican Order
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.
It is thought that Perault was somewhat advanced in years when he embraced the religious state, although the precise date of his entrance into it is also unknown. He entered the order at
Paris
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, but was destined, according to a custom then existing, for the convent at
Lyon
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s. At Lyons, where he passed his life, at once contemplative and active, he rendered service to the Church by the brilliancy of his writings and preaching and by the charm and splendour of his virtues.
His part in ecclesiastical affairs was for a time also very important. For fully ten years he performed all the episcopal functions of the Church of Lyons, having been chosen for this work during the vacancy of the
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by
Philip I, Count of Savoy
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Ecclesiastical career
Philip was born in Aiguebelle, Savoy, as the eighth and la ...
who, although not in Holy orders, bore the title of
Archbishop of Lyon
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from 1245 to 1267. Because of Perault's long labours in ministering to the needs of the
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
, he himself came to be known as the Bishop or Archbishop of Lyon. This error was further emphasized by the title of bishop which a later hand added to many of his writings. Authors such as
Gerson,
Père Alexandre,
Jacques Échard
Jacques Échard (22 September 1644, in Rouen – 15 March 1724, in Paris) was a French Dominican and historian of the order.
As the son of a wealthy official of the king he received a thorough classical and secular education. He entered the Domin ...
, and
Hurter
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Friedr ...
say that William Perault was never Archbishop of Lyons, as the ''
Gallia christiana
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is not justified in saying that he was never more than a religious of the Order of Preachers (cf.
Antoine Touron
Antoine Touron (5 September 1686 – 2 September 1775) was a French Dominican biographer and historian.
He was born at Graulhet, Tarn, France, the son of a merchant, and seems to have joined the Dominicans at an early age. After the completion o ...
, ''Hist. des hommes illust.,'' 1, l.2, 184).
Known and reverenced far and wide for singular gifts of nature and grace, he was a man truly powerful in word and work-well deserving the triple title given him by all, of monk, doctor, and apostle. He died at Lyons.
Writings
His most important works are:
*''Summa de virtutibus et vitiis'' (Cologne, 1497, 1618, 1629; Venice, 1492, 1497; Rome, 1557; Lyons, 1668)
*''Sermones de tempore et de sanctis,'' which appeared under the name of William III of Paris (Paris, 1494; Cologne, 1629)
*''De eruditione seu de institutione religiosorum'' (Paris, 1512; Louvain, 1575; Lyons, 1585)
*''De regimine principum,'' which, as in the Roman edition of 1570, was attributed to
Saint Thomas Aquinas
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and of which, in fact, St. Thomas wrote a part: "Speculum religiosorum seu institutionum vitae spiritualis", which appeared under the name of
Humbert de Romans,
Master-General of the Order of Preachers.
References
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External links
Guillelmus Peraldusin
Bibliotheca Augustana
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Lewis E 166 Summa de virtutibus (Treatise on the virtues); Summa vitiorum (Treatise on the vices) at OPenn
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French Dominicans
University of Paris alumni
1190 births
1271 deaths
13th-century Latin writers
13th-century French writers