Peter of Auvergne

Peter of Auvergne (died 1304) was a French philosopher and theologian.

Peter of Auvergne was in Paris in 1301,[3] and, according to several accounts, was a pupil of Thomas Aquinas.

In 1279, while the various nations of the University of Paris were quarrelling about the rectorship, Simon de Brion, papal legate, appointed Peter of Auvergne to that office; in 1296 he was elected to it.

His published works are: He has been credited with a supplement to Aquinas' Summa Theologica.

Peter also left numerous treatises which are either at the Bibliothèque nationale de France or at the Arsenal de Paris: "Sex quodlibeta" (six quodlibeta), long discussions after the manner of St. Thomas; "Sophisma Determinatum"; "Quæstiones super totam logicam veterem Arist.