Peter Of Cornwall
Peter of Cornwall (1139/1140– July 7, 1221) was a medieval scholar and prior of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate. He was born near Launceston, Cornwall, the son of Jordan of Trecarrel (died c. 1180). He studied in London under Master Henry of Northampton, a canon of St Paul's. He was received as an Canons regular#Canons Regular of Saint Augustine, Augustinian canon sometime after 1170 at Holy Trinity, Aldgate. His first work was inspired by a synod in London where he heard the bishop of London, Gilbert Foliot, preach. This was the ''Pantheologus'', a collection of biblical material assembled as a sourcebook for preachers, which he finally completed in 1189. He became prior of Holy Trinity in 1197 and remained in office until his death on 7 July 1221. In 1210 Peter was one of two intermediaries between King John of England and Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a series of negotiations which failed to achieve an end to the interdict. Peter dedicated his ''Liber disputa ...
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Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate
The Holy Trinity Priory, also known as Christchurch Aldgate, was a priory of Austin canons ( Black Canons) founded around 1108 by the English queen Matilda of Scotland near Aldgate in London.'Austin canons: Priory of Holy Trinity or Christchurch, Aldgate' ''A History of the County of London: Volume 1: London within the Bars, Westminster and Southwark'' (1909), pp. 465–475
Accessed 13 November 2007Burton ''Monastic and Religious Orders'' p. 46

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