Pierre Mandonnet (26 February 1858 – 4 January 1936) was a French-born, Belgian Dominican historian, important in the neo-Thomist trend of historiography and the recovery of medieval philosophy. He made his reputation with a study of Siger of Brabant.
Biography Pierre Mandonnet was born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dômeon 26 February 1858.Pierre Mandonnet (1858-1936): nom en religion Bibliothèque Nationale de France
In 1887 he was ordained as a priest, and from 1891 to 1919, was a professor of church history at the University of Fribourg. In 1902/03 he served as university rector.Mandonnet, Pierre Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse
He died in Le Saulchoir on 4 January 1936.
Works Les Dominicains et la découverte de l'Amérique, (1893) Siger de Brabant et l'averroïsme latin au xiiie siècle (2 volumes, 1908–11) Des écrits authentiques de S. Thomas d'Aquin (Authentic Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas), Freibourg, (1910). Bibliographie thomiste (1921) with J. A. Destrez, later edition 1960. Dante le théologien; introduction à l'intelligence de la vie, des œuvres et de l'art de Dante Alighieri (1935).Most widely held works by Pierre Mandonnet WorldCat Identities Saint Dominique: l'idée, l'homme et l'oeuvre (1921); translated into English in 1944 as St. Dominic and his work (2 parts).St. Dominic and his work OCLC WorldCat
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St. Dominic and His Work, online translated text