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Petrus Aureoli[1] (c. 1280 – 10 January 1322), often anglicizedPeter Auriol, was ascholastic philosopher and theologian.
Little of his life before 1312 is known. After this time, he taught at theFranciscan convent inBologna, then at the convent inToulouse, around 1314. He went to Paris in 1316 in order to qualify for his doctorate, where he read theSentences. In 1318 he was appointed master of theology at theUniversity of Paris. In 1321, he was appointed by his mentor,Pope John XXII, to the position of Archbishop ofAix-en-Provence, but died not long after in 1322.
Auriol's first work was on evangelical poverty, where he argued for a moderate position between those of thespirituals andconventuals. He is best known for the enormousScriptum super primum Sententiarum, his commentary on theSentences ofPeter Lombard, which runs to more than 1100 folio pages and was eventually printed inRome in 1596. He also wroteTractatus de principiis, a non-theological work, while he was lector at the Franciscan convent inBologna some time before 1312, and some treatises on theImmaculate Conception at the Franciscan convent inToulouse.
Auriol was at first aScotist. Later, he arrived at a position closer to that of the nominalistDurandus. He denied the reality of universals, the existence of species and of the active intellect, the distinction between essence and existence, and the distinction between the soul and its faculties. These doctrines are considered by some to have prepared the way for theconceptualism ofOckham. Ockham was certainly aware of Auriol's work.
His ability earned for him the titles ofDoctor Facundus andDoctor Abundans.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Petrus Aureolus".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 336.
