Pierre Mandonnet | |
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| Born | 26 February 1858 Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France |
| Died | 4 January 1936 (aged 77) Le Saulchoir, Belgium |
| Occupation | Historian |
Pierre Mandonnet (26 February 1858 – 4 January 1936) was a French-born, Belgian Dominican historian, important in the neo-Thomist trend of historiography and the recovery of medieval philosophy. [1] [2] He made his reputation with a study of Siger of Brabant. [3]
Pierre Mandonnet was born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme on 4 January 1936. [4] [5]
In 1887 he was ordained as a priest, and from 1891 to 1919, was a professor of church history at the University of Fribourg. In 1902/03 he served as university rector. [6]
He died in Le Saulchoir on 4 January 1936. [4]
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