Biography:Radulfus Ardens
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Short description: French theologian and early scholastic philosopher
Radulfus Ardens (Raoul Ardent; died c. 1200) was a French theologian and early scholastic philosopher of the 12th century. He was born in Beaulieu-sous-Bressuire (fr), Poitou.
He is known for his Summa de vitiis et virtutibus (summary of vices and virtues), also called Speculum universale (universal mirror). It is a systematic work in 14 volumes covering theology and ethics.
In his time, he was celebrated as a preacher, and a large number of his sermons survive. He was under the influence of Gilbert de la Porrée.[1] He is thought to have been a student of Peter the Chanter.[2]
He served as a chaplain to Richard I of England, through most of the 1190s.[1]
References
Further reading
- Gründel, Johannes. Die Lehre des Radulfus Ardens von den Verstandestugenden auf dem Hintergund seinen Seelenlehre, Munich et al.: Schöningh, 1976, (=Veröffentlichungen des Grabmann-Institutes zur Erforschung der mittelalterlichen Theologie und Philosophie; N.F., vol. 27 Münchener Universitäts-Schriften, Fachbereich katholische Theologie), simultaneously Munich, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1966. ISBN 3-506-79427-2.
- Bautz, Traugott, ed (1994). "Radulfus Ardens (Radulphus Ardens, Raoul Ardent)" (in de). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). 7. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1231–1233. ISBN 3-88309-048-4. http://www.bbkl.de/r/radulfus_a.shtml.
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