Nicholas of Bray (or Nicolas de Brai[a]) was a French clergyman and poet who wrote a Latin epic on the deeds of King Louis VIII of France (1223–1226), the Gesta Ludovici VIII.
He dedicated the Gesta to William of Auvergne, bishop of Paris (1228–1249).
[1] The Gesta is 1,870 lines long, but is incomplete as it stands.
[1][2] One line suggests that he was present at Avignon.
[3] Nicholas imitates Ovid's Metamorphoses, introducing thereby much classical mythology, but still contains some useful information for the historian.