Remigius of Auxerre
Remigius of Auxerre was a Benedictine theologian and author.
He was born about the middle of the ninth century; died in 908. Remigius, or Remi, was a disciple of the Irish teacher
Dunchad of Reims, author of a treatise on astronomy, and of Eric, or Heirich, who was himself a disciple of
Eriugena. He taught at the monastery of St-Germain,
Auxerre, in Paris and at
Reims.
As a teacher, Remigius interested himself in the problem of universals, and seems to have attempted a compromise between the extreme Realism of Eriugena and the Anti-Realism of his teacher Eric.
He also investigated the problem of the origin of the universe and gave a Christian interpretation to the passages in which Martianus speaks of the invisible world of ideas.
He is the author of a number of glossaries and marginal commentaries on the Bible, on the grammar of
Priscian, the "Opuscula Sacra" of
Boethius, and the "De Nuptiis etc.", of
Martianus Capella.
He also wrote a theological treatise, "Ennarationes in Psalmos".
His glosses are of very great interest to the student of medieval Latin philology.
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