GAGUIN, ROBERT. - Theologian and man of letters, born at Calonne-sur-Lys (diocese of Arras) about 1420-25 and died in Paris on 22 May 1501. He entered the Trinitarian Order while still young. He taught law at the Sorbonne and had as pupils Erasmus and Reuchlin. In 1473 he was elected General of the Order. As a historian he described the events of the Kingdom of France; the work, though lacking impartiality, enjoyed wide currency and served as a basis for many later historians.
His literary merit has been discussed; Erasmus was not sparing in his praise. As a theologian he is known for a discourse and a poem on the Immaculate Conception in reply to the attacks of V. Bandelli; original but unconvincing: *De intemerata Virginis conceptu adversus Vincentium quendam* (Paris 1488). For the reform of his Order he wrote: *Statuta Ordinis Fratrum S.mae Trinitatis et redempt. captivorum* (Paris 1479).