Author: Robert de Sorbon

Dating: Born in 1201, Robert studied arts and later theology in Paris, possibly under Guiard of Laon. He was canon of Cambrai c. 1249 and then canon of Paris from 1258. Cited as a master of theology in 1264, he founded the college that bears his name in 1257. Robert defended the presence of the medicant masters at Paris. He died in 1294.

Works:

Sermones: Schneyer, 5 (1974): 224-30 updated by Nicole Bériou, "Robert de Sorbon," DS 13 (1988): 816-24.

De conscientia: According to Nicole Bériou, "Robert de Sorbon," DS 13 (1988): 816-24, three versions of this work exist. One of the versions was edited Paris, 1666 and Lyon, 1677. The three versions are conflated in the edition by F. Cambon, Robert de Sorbon De consciencia et De tribus dietis. Paris, 1903. For details and MSS, see Bériou

De tribus dietis: According to Nicole Bériou, "Robert de Sorbon," DS 13 (1988): 816-24, three versions of this work exist. The three versions are conflated in the edition by F. Cambon, Robert de Sorbon De consciencia et De tribus dietis. Paris, 1903. For details and MSS, see Bériou

Manuales de confessione: According to Nicole Bériou, "Robert de Sorbon," DS 13 (1988): 816-24, Robert wrote three manuals for confession. Two exist in seventeenth century editions. For details and MSS, see Bériou and F. Diekstra, "Robert de Sorbon's Qui vult vere confiteri (ca. 1260-74) and its French versions," RThAM 60 (1993): 215-72.

De saporibus: Unedited, for MSS, see Nicole Bériou, "Robert de Sorbon," DS 13 (1988): 816-24

Bibliography:

J. Verger, "Robert de Sorbon," LMA 7 (1994): 911-12
Nicole Bériou, "Robert de Sorbon," DS 13 (1988): 816-24
Stegmüller, 5 (1955): 4162-311
Schneyer, 5 (1973): 224-330