Author: Walter of Bruges, O.F.M.
Dating: Walter entered the Franciscans in Bruges c. 1240 and was sent to Paris for his studies. A student of Bonaventure, he was regent master himself from 1267 to 1269 when he was elected minister provincial of the French province. In 1279, Walter became Bishop of Poitiers, a post which he held until 1306 when he retired because of ill health. He died the following year.
Works:
Super libros primus, secundus et quattuor sententiarum: For MSS, see Glorieux, Répertoire, vol. 2, pp. 84-6. Three questions from book one have been edited by E. Longpré, "Questiones inédits du commentaire sur les Sentences de Guathier de Bruges," Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du moyen age, 7 (1932): 251-75. Part of book four has been edited by P. de Mattia, Le questioni sull'Eucaristia di Gualtiero di Bruges. Rome, 1962
Questiones disputatae: Edited by E. Longpré, Questiones disputatae du B. Gauthier de Bruges. Les Philosophes Belges, Textes et études, 10. Louvain, 1928.
Instuctiones circa divinum officium: Edited M. DePoorter,Un traitéde théologie unédit de Gauthier de Bruges: Instructiones circa divinum officium. Sociétiéd'émulation de Bruges. Mélanges 5. Bruges, 1911 vol. 12.
Tabula originalium: Unedited, for MSS see Glorieux, Répertoire, vol. 2, pp. 84-6
Sermones: See Schneyer, 2 (1970): 103-9
Bibliography:
M. J. Grajewski, "Walter of Bruges," NCE 14: 786-7
F. L. R. Sassen. "Walter von Brügge," LThK 10 (1965):
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Stegmüller, 2 (1950): 322-3
Schneyer, 2 (1970): 103-9