Guerric of Saint-Quentin (Latin Guerricus de Sancto Quintino or Guerricus Flandrensis) was a Dominican friar, theologian and teacher at the University of Paris from 1233/5 until 1242. He wrote several works on biblical exegesis and theology.[1] Along with Alexander of Hales, he is often credited with inventing the genre of the quodlibeta.[2]
Guerric entered the Dominican order around 1225. References in his commentary on Isaiah suggest that he had earlier received training in medicine. His first posting as a Dominican was a lectorship at the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna. Sometime between 1233 and 1235 he became master of theology at the Dominican Collège de Saint-Jacques attached to the University of Paris. Among his colleagues were Hugh of Saint-Cher and Geoffrey of Bléneau; among his probable students, Albert the Great. He died between 1243 and 1245.[3]
Besides his exegetical works, he also wrote one of the earliest quodlibeta, Quaestiones de quolibet, which has been edited and published, and also a commentary on Peter Lombard's Sentences. His thinking was more influenced by Aristotelianism than his contemporaries.[3]
Canty, Aaron (2011). Light and Glory: The Transfiguration of Christ in Early Franciscan and Dominican Theology. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press.
Bullido del Barrio, Susana (2015). "Guerric of Saint-Quentin". Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Vol. 10. Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 991–992.
Schabel, Christopher (2006). Theological Quodlibeta in the Middle Ages: The Thirteenth Century. Leiden: Brill.
Further reading
Ayelet Even-Ezra, Ecstasy in the Classroom: Trance, Self and the Academic Profession in Medieval Paris (Fordham University Press: NY, 2018).