Peter Cantor

Peter Cantor

Peter Cantor, or Peter the Chanter (d. 1197) was a French Roman Catholic theologian. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - Catholic Encyclopedia article] He commented on Old Testament and New Testament books. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - Catholic Encyclopedia article] His work on the sacrament of penance is especially noteworthy. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - Catholic Encyclopedia article] His work reflects Scholastic perspectives. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11762a.htm Peter Cantor] - Catholic Encyclopedia article]

Medievalist Jacques Le Goff cites Cantor when locating the "birth of purgatory" in the 12th century, based on Cantor's use of the term "purgatorium" as a noun in 1170. [Le Goff, Jacques. The Birth of Purgatory. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.]

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