Hugh of Saint Victor
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Hugh of Saint Victor 🇩🇪

Hugo de Sancto Victore (Known as "Hugo de Sancto Victore")
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Born c. 1096 🇩🇪 Blankenburg, Holy Roman Empire
Passed Away Feb 11, 1141 Paris, Kingdom of France
Lifespan 45 years old
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"Learn everything; you will see later that nothing is superfluous."

Archival Overview

Master of the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris whose 'Didascalicon' integrated all secular arts with theology and who formulated the first medieval summa of sacramental theology.

Biographical Record

Hugh of Saint Victor (c. 1096–1141 CE) was an intellectual titan in the Augustinian canonry of Saint Victor on the outskirts of Paris.

His Didascalicon provided a revolutionary educational curriculum embracing seven mechanical and liberal arts as steps toward divine contemplation, while De Sacramentis organized all salvation history around creation and redemption.

Key Life Milestones

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Publication of the Didascalicon

Completed his master educational guide integrating grammar, mechanics, and philosophy under theology.

1134

De Sacramentis Christianae Fidei

Authored the first systematic summa of medieval sacramental theology, mapping the divine work of creation and restoration.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Abbey of Saint-Victor
Paris, France
GPS: 48.8472, 2.3556
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