Thomas of Chobham English theologian and subdean of Salisbury

Salisbury

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, was born c. 1160, presumably in Chobham, Surrey

Chobham, Surrey

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, England, and died between 1233 and 1236 in Salisbury, England.

Thomas Chobham studied in Paris

Paris

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 in the 1180s, likely under Peter the Chanter. He is best known for his influential work on penance

Penance

Penance is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, and Anglican Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. It also plays a part in non-sacramental confession among Lutherans and other Protestants...

 which combines Canon law

Canon law (Catholic Church)

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, theology, and practical advice for confessors. It is known by many titles, but its incipit

Incipit

Incipit is a Latin word meaning "it begins". The incipit of a text, such as a poem, song, or book, is the first few words of its opening line. In music, it can also refer to the opening notes of a composition. Before the development of titles, texts were often referred to by their incipits...

 is Cum miseratione domini.

Works

• Cum miseratione domini, a Summa de penitentia, published as Thomae de Chobham Summa Confessorum, edited by F. Broomfield, Analecta Mediaevalia Namurcensia 25 (Louvain: Éditions Nauwelaerts, 1968).

• Sermones, published as Thomas de Chobham, Sermones, edited by F. Morenzoni, Corpus Christianorum
  Corpus Christianorum
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  , continuatio medievalis 82A (Turnhout: Brepols, 1993).

• Summa de arte praedicandi, published as Thomas de Chobham, Summa de arte praedicandi, edited by F. Morenzoni, Corpus Christianorum, continuatio medievalis 82 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1988).
• Summa de commendatione virtutum et extirpatione vitiorum, published as Thomas de Chobham, Summa de commendatione virtutum et extirpatione vitiorum, edited by F. Morenzoni, Corpus Christianorum, continuatio medievalis 82B (Turnhout: Brepols, 1997).