CLAREMBALDO of ABRAS. — Chartres (v.), of whom a substantial commentary on Boethius’s De Trinitate, written around 1153, is thus far known (cf. ed. W. Jansen, Breslau 1926). In it C. remains faithful to his master’s exaggerated realism, admitting one single and identical humanity for all men and explicitly opposing certain «famosi doctores» (that is, Gilbert Porretanus and his school), who attributed separate humanities to individual men. The commentary is nevertheless notable for its recourse to Aristotle, especially regarding physical theories; like Thierry, C. accepts the composition of matter and form, so that extreme pantheism can be avoided.
BIBL.: Überweg, II, pp. 235–36; M. De Wulf, History of Medieval Philosophy, Italian translation by V. Miano, I, Florence 1944, pp. 181–84. Cornelio Fabro