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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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 Benedictines
surface form: Cluniac order

Benedictines
surface form: Order of Saint Benedict
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 Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity
religiousName Peter the Venerable self-link
successor Matthew of Albano
supported reform of Cluniac monastic discipline
wrote Summa totius haeresis Saracenorum
surface form: 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 self-link