Peter of Auvergne was a French

France

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 philosopher and theologian.

He was a canon of Paris

Paris

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; some biographers have thought that he was Bishop of Clermont, because a Bull of Boniface VIII of the year 1296 names as canon of Paris a certain Peter of Croc (Cros), already canon of Clermont; but it is more likely that they are distinct. Peter of Auvergne

Auvergne (province)

Auvergne was a historic province in south central France. It was originally the feudal domain of the Counts of Auvergne. It is now the geographical and cultural area that corresponds to the former province....

 was in Paris in 1301, and, according to several accounts, was a pupil of Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...

. In 1279, while the various nations of the University of Paris

University of Paris

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 were quarrelling about the rectorship, Simon of Brion, papal legate

Papal legate

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, appointed Peter of Auvergne, to that office; in 1296 he was elected to it.

Works

His published works are:

• "Supplementum Commentarii S. Thomæ in tertium et quartum librum de cælo etmundo" (in "Opera S. Thomæ", II, ad finem)
• commentaries on Aristotle
  Aristotle
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  's Meteororum, De Juventute et senectute, De longitudine et brevitate vitae, De motu animalium.

He has been credited with a supplement to Aquinas' Summa Theologica

Summa Theologica

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Peter also left numerous treatises which are either at the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Bibliothèque nationale de France

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, or at l'Arsenal de Paris: "Sex quodlibeta" long discussions after the manner of St. Thomas; "Sophisma Determinatum"; "Quæstiones super totam logicam veterem Arist."; "Quæstiones super Perphyrium"; "In Arist. Metaphysicam"; "In libros Politicorum"; "De somno et vigilia"; "De veget. et plantis"; "De anima".