GAGUIN, ROBERT. - Theologian and man of letters, b. at Calonne-sur-Lys (diocese of Arras) around 1420-25 and d. in Paris on 22 May 1501. He entered the Order of the Trinitarians at a young age. He professed law at the Sorbonne, and had Erasmus and Reuchlin as disciples. In 1473 he was elected general of the Order. As a historian he described the vicissitudes of the Kingdom of France; the work, not impartial, had wide resonance and served as a basis for many historians.
His literary merit is debated; Erasmus was not sparing in his praise of him. As a theologian he is known for a discourse and a poem in hexameters on the Immaculate Conception, in response to the attacks of V. Bandelli; original, but not convincing: De intermeratae Virginis conceptu adversus Vincentium quendum (Paris 1488). For the reform of his Order he wrote: Statuta Ordinis Fratrum S.mae Trinitatis et redempt. captivorum (Paris 1479).
Bibliography6 worksP. de Vaisalbe. De R. G. ministri generalis Ordinis S.mae Trinitatis vita et operibus, Chartres 1890; Ant. de L'Assomption, Diccionario de l
BIBL.: P. de Vaisalbe. De R. G. ministri generalis Ordinis S.mae Trinitatis vita et operibus, Chartres 1890; Ant. de L'Assomption, Diccionario de los escritores trinitarios, II, Rome 1899, pp. 521-25; R. Gauguin, Demachrift zum 400 Todestage R. G., nebst seinen Elegien zum Labe Heidelbergs u. des deutschen Geistes, Heidelberg 1901, pp. 23-27; A. Palmieri, s. v. in DThC. VI, coll. 996-98; F. Simone, R. G. ad il suo cenacolo umanitico, in Aevum, 13 (1939), p. 416 s.; id., La coscienza della Rinascita negli umanisti francesi, Rome 1949, passim.
Zollini, Vito. “Gaguin, robert.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1851. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/gaguin-robert.
MLA
Zollini, Vito. “Gaguin, robert.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1851. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gaguin-robert.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_gaguin_robert,
author = {Zollini, Vito},
title = {Gaguin, robert},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1851},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gaguin-robert}
}
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