Robert de Sorbon

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Robert de Sorbon (October 9, 1201 – August 15, 1274) was a French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris.

Born into a poor family in Sorbon, in what is now the Ardennes département, Robert de Sorbon entered the Church and was educated in Reims and Paris. He was noted for his piety and attracted the patronage of the Comte d'Artois and King Louis IX of France, known as Saint Louis. He became the canon of Cambrai around 1251 before being appointed canon of Paris and the king's confessor in 1258.

Sorbon began to teach around 1253 and in 1257 established the Maison de Sorbonne, a college in Paris originally intended to teach theology to twenty poor students. It was sponsored by King Louis and received the endorsement of Pope Alexander IV in 1259. It subsequently grew into a major centre of learning and became the core of what would become the University of Paris. Sorbon served as chancellor of the university, taught and preached there from 1258 until his death in 1274.

Bibliography

  • Robert de Sorbonne. "Statutes for a College", in The Portable Medieval Reader editedy by James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin. ISBN: 978-0140150469
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  • 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of France.

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  • 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed.

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This article is about the Collège de Sorbonne. For other uses of the name, see Sorbonne.
The Collège de Sorbonne was a theological college of the University of Paris, founded in 1257 by Robert de Sorbon, after whom it is named.
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Sorbon is a commune of the Ardennes département, in France.

It was the birthplace of Robert de Sorbon, (1201–1274), who was a chaplain and Confessor to King Louis IX of France, as well as being the founder of the Sorbonne, the University of Paris.
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Department number: 08
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Prefecture: Charleville-Mézières
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The title confessor is used in the Christian Church in several ways.

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Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death. The term is still used in this way in the East.
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Pope Alexander IV (c. 1199 – May 25, 1261), born Rinaldo of Jenne, was Pope from 1254 until his death,

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University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganised as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII).
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