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Vincent, of Beauvais, -1264

LC control no.n 80150235
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Personal name headingVincent, of Beauvais, -1264
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Variant(s)Beauvais, Vincent de, -1264
Beauvais, Vincent of, -1264
Beauvais, Vinzenz von, -1264
De Beauvais, Vincent, -1264
Vicente, de Beauvais, -1264
Vincent, de Beauvais, -1264
Vincent de Beauvais, approximately 1190-1264?
Vincent, of Beauvais, d. 1264
Vincentius Bellovacensis, -1264
Vincentius, Belvacensis, -1264
Vinzenz, von Beauvais, -1264
Von Beauvais, Vinzenz, -1264
Vincentius Burgundus, -1264
Other standard no.105133420
Q455162
Birth date1190~
1184~/1194~
[1180,1190]
Death date1264
1264~
1264?
AffiliationAbbaye de Royaumont Dominicans
Profession or occupationFriars Priests Encyclopedists
Found inHakluyt, R. The texts and versions of John de Plano Carpini, 1903.
Vincentii Belvacensis De morali principis institutione, 1995: t.p.
Vida de segundo, c2000: t.p. (Vicente de Beauvais)
La Vierge et le miracle, 1999: (Vincent de Beauvais) page 10 (born in Beauvais around 1190; entered the Dominicans probably in 1218, after studies in Paris; died in 1264; undoubteldy took part, in 1225, in the foundation of the Beauvais convent of which he became subprior)
BNF via VIAF, viewed May 11, 2021 (Vincent de Beauvais (1190?-1264); Dominican from the Monastère de Beauvais; rejected forms: Vincentius Burgundus (1190?-1264); Vincent of Beauvais (1190?-1264); Vincenz von Beauvais (1190?-1264); Vincentius (1190?-1264); Vincent (1190?-1264); Wincent z Beauvais (1190?-1264))
Wikipedia, viewed May 11, 2021 (Vincent of Beauvais (Latin: Vincentius Bellovacensis or Vincentius Burgundus; c. 1184/1194 - c. 1264); Dominican friar at the Cistercian monastery of Royaumont Abbey, France; known mostly for his Speculum Maius (Great mirror), a major work of compilation that was widely read in the Middle Ages and often retroactively described as an encyclopedia or as a florilegium)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_of_Beauvais>
Archives de littérature du Moyen Âge website, viewed May 11, 2021 (Vincent de Beauvais; Vincentius Bellovacensis; Vincentius Belvacensis; Vincent of Beauvais; Vicente de Beauvais; born in Beauvais around 1190; died near Beauvais around 1264)
   <https://www.arlima.net/uz/vincent_de_beauvais.html>
A Vincent de Beauvais website, viewed May 11, 2021 (Dominican friar Vincent of Beauvais; one of the greatest encyclopedists of the Middle Ages; life shrouded in mystery; place of birth unknown; date of birth remains a matter of speculation, despite the fact that it has variously been listed as 1180 or 1190; assumed that he died in 1264, but this has not been established with certitude)
   <http://www.vincentiusbelvacensis.eu/bio/bio1.html>
Catholic encyclopedia onlne, viewed May 11, 2021 (Vincent of Beauvais; dates frequently assigned for his birth and death: 1190 and 1264 respectively; priest and encyclopedist)
   <https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15439a.htm>