Pierre Mandonnet (26 February 1858 – 4 January 1936) was a French-born, Belgian Dominican historian, important in the

neo-Thomist Neo-scholasticism (also known as neo-scholastic Thomism Accessed 27 March 2013 or neo-Thomism because of the great influence of the writings of Thomas Aquinas on the movement) is a revival and development of medieval scholasticism in Catholic the ...

trend of historiography and the recovery of

medieval philosophy Medieval philosophy is the philosophy that existed through the Middle Ages, the period roughly extending from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century until after the Renaissance in the 13th and 14th centuries. Medieval philosophy, ...

. He made his reputation with a study of

Siger of Brabant Siger of Brabant (''Sigerus'', ''Sighier'', ''Sigieri'' or ''Sygerius de Brabantia''; c. 1240 – before 10 November 1284) was a 13th-century philosopher from the southern Low Countries who was an important proponent of Averroism. Life E ...

Biography

Pierre Mandonnet was born in

Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme Beaumont (Auvergnat dialect, Auvergnat: ''Biaumont'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Puy-de-Dôme Departments of France, department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. The commune lies to the south of the dormant volcano, the Puy- ...

on 4 January 1936.Pierre Mandonnet (1858-1936): nom en religion
Bibliothèque Nationale de France In 1887 he was ordained as a priest, and from 1891 to 1919, was a professor of church history at the

University of Fribourg The University of Fribourg (french: Université de Fribourg; german: Universität Freiburg) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius ...

. In 1902/03 he served as

university rector A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school. Outside the English-speaking world the rector is often the most senior official in a un ...

. He died in

Le Saulchoir Le Saulchoir is a Dominican school of theology in the order's province of France, established 1904. After the expulsion from France in 1880, French Dominican friars went into exile in Spain and Austria; they were allowed to return in 1895, estab ...

on 4 January 1936.

Works

*''Les Dominicains et la découverte de l'Amérique'', (1893) *''Siger de Brabant et l'averroïsme latin au xiiie siècle'' (2 volumes, 1908–11) *''Des écrits authentiques de S. Thomas d'Aquin'', (1910) *''Bibliographie thomiste'' (1921) with J. A. Destrez, later edition 1960. *''Dante le théologien ; introduction à l'intelligence de la vie, des œuvres et de l'art de Dante Alighieri'' (1935). *''Saint Dominique: l'idée, l'homme et l'oeuvre'' (1921); translated into English in 1944 as ''St. Dominic and his work'' (2 parts).St. Dominic and his work
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