Little is known of his life. From his names, it is surmised that he was a native of
St Germans in
Cornwall. He studied with
Peter Lombard in Paris, and wrote
Eulogium ad Alexandrum Papam III, quod Christus sit aliquis homo, a treatise refuting
Abelard's doctrine that the humanity of
Jesus was only a garment clothing the
Logos. The
Eulogium (dated 1176 or later) was printed by
Edmond Martène in
Thesaurus novus anecdotum (Paris, 1717), and by
Jacques Paul Migne's in
Patrologiae Latinae Cursus Completus (1844–1855), vol. CXCIX. Other books attributed to him are: •
Apologia de Christi Incarnatione (disputed authorship; perhaps by
Hugh of St. Victor). •
Summa qualiter fiat Sacramentum Altaris per virtutem sanctae crucis et de septem canonibus vel ordinibus Missae. Migne,
Patrologiae Latinae, vol. CLXXVII. •
Prophetia Merlini or
Merlini prophetia cum expositione. A poem written between 1141 and 1155, known from a unique manuscript in the
Vatican Library. •
De diuersa consuetudine legendi Sacram Scripturam. See
Friedrich Stegmüller,
Bibl. 4419;
Richard Sharpe,
Latin Writers, 229. ==See also==