Author: William of Auxerre ( died 1231) Paris, c.1210-1231

Dating: Little is known of the life of William. According to Ribaillier, vol. 4, pp. 3-33, he was a native of Auxerre and held the title of Archdeacon of Beauvais. William traveled to Rome twice; once during the papacy of Honorius III (died 1227) and later in 1230-31 as a member of the delegation of scholars representing the university to Pope Gregory IX. While in Rome he was charged along with Simon of Authie and Stephen of Provins to examine the works of Aristotle whose teaching had been prohibited by the provincial synod of 1210. William died while on this mission.

Works:

Summa aurea: Critical edition by Jean Ribaillier, Magister Guillelmi Altissidorensis Summa aurea. Spicilegium Bonaventurianum, vols. 16-20. Collegii S. Bonaventurae ad Claras Aquas: Rome and Paris, 1980-1987.

Summa de officiis ecclesiasticis: Ribaillier, vol. 4, pp. 6-15 lists nineteen manuscripts of this work. See also R. M. Martineau "La 'Summa de officiis ecclesiasticis' de Guillaume d'Auxerre," Études d'histoire littéraire et doctrinale du XIIIe siècle, 2ème série, 2 (1932): 25-58.

Bibliography:

See the bibliography given by Ribaillier, Summa aurea and ibid, "Guillaume d'Auxerre," DS: 6 (1967): 1192-99.
Landgraf, Introduction, pp. 172-179
Stegmüller, 2 (1950): 400
Schneyer, 2 (1970): 416