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Petrus Comestor

1100 - 1179

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Peter Comestor (Latin: Petrus Comestor, "Peter the Eater"; French: Pierre le Mangeur; died 22 October 1178) was a 12th-century French theological writer and university teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petrus Comestor has received more than 46,797 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Petrus Comestor is the 2,663rd most popular writer (down from 2,478th in 2019), the 2,904th most popular biography from France (down from 2,693rd in 2019) and the 362nd most popular French Writer.

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  • 17

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Notable Works

Historia scholastica
Bible, Commentaries, Early works to 1800
1473
Scholastica historia magistri Petri Comestoris, sacre scripture seriem breuem nimis, et expositam exponentis
Bible, Commentaries
1519

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petrus Comestor ranks 2,663 out of 7,302. Before him are Jim Corbett, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Valentin Rasputin, Béla Király, Gustav Schwab, and Michael Cunningham. After him are Samson Raphael Hirsch, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Amalie Skram, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Lupus Servatus, and Holger Drachmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Petrus Comestor ranks 66. Before him are Gregory Pakourianos, Dagobert of Pisa, Shawar, Herman of Carinthia, Vitale Faliero, and Sigurd Slembe. After him are Roussel de Bailleul, Iziaslav III of Kiev, Dirk IV, Count of Holland, Tatikios, Ingeborg of Kiev, and Vitale I Michiel. Among people deceased in 1179, Petrus Comestor ranks 3. Before him are Hildegard of Bingen, and Antipope Callixtus III. After him are Odo de St Amand, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre, Erling Skakke, and Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre.

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In France

Among people born in France, Petrus Comestor ranks 2,904 out of 6,770. Before him are Mirra Alfassa (1878), Alain Corneau (1943), Jack Lang (1939), René Duguay-Trouin (1673), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), and Daniel Buren (1938). After him are Lupus Servatus (805), Djibril Cissé (1981), Henri Pélissier (1889), Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans (1698), Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850), and Dany Boon (1966).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Petrus Comestor ranks 362. Before him are Théophile de Viau (1590), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Paschasius Radbertus (792), Varro Atacinus (-82), Jules Guesde (1845), and Mirra Alfassa (1878). After him are Lupus Servatus (805), Jacques Collin de Plancy (1794), Jean-François de La Harpe (1739), Violette Leduc (1907), Hildebert (1056), and Juliette Adam (1836).

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