, one of the most learned divines of the thirteenth century, entered into the Augustine
order, and studied at Paris under Thomas Aquinas, where
he became so eminent as to acquire the title of the Profound Doctor. He was preceptor to the son of Philip III.
of France, and composed for the use of his pupil his treatise “De regimine Principum,
” Rome, 1492, fol. The
Venetian edition of 1498 is still in some esteem. He also
taught philosophy and theology with high reputation at
Paris. He was preferred by Boniface VIII. to the episcopal see of Berri, and, according to some writers was, by
the same pope, created a cardinal. He was, however,
elected general of his order in 1292, and assisted at the
general council of Vienna in 1311. He died Dec. 22, 1316,
at Avignon, leaving various works, enumerated by Cave;
which afford, in our times, no very favourable opinion of
his talents, although they were in high reputation during
his life, and long after. One only it may be necessary to
notice as a very great rarity. The title is “Tractatus brevis et utilis de Originali Peccato,
” 4to, printed at Oxford,
1479, and is supposed to be the third, or second, or, as
some think, the first book printed there. Dr. Clarke has
described it.