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Born: Poitiers after 1085, Died: Poitiers 1154. According to Gilson, Gilbert was the greatest metaphysician of the twelfth century. He was a profound thinker, original and coherent, famous in his time for the complexity and boldness of his philosophical theology. He provoked both violent disapproval and great enthusiasm. Brought to trial for heresy in 1148, he came out of it without being condemned; rather, his thought had a considerable number of followers in the so-called Porretan

Gilbert of Poitiers (Gilbertus Pictavensis, Porreta, Porretanus; after 1085 - 1154) was a master of arts and theology at Chartres and Paris. He was a profound and original thinker, famous in his time for the complexity and boldness of his philosophical theology. His most important work is a Commentary on the Opuscula sacra of Boethius. He provoked both violent disapproval and great enthusiasm. Brought to trial for heresy in Reims in 1148, he came out of it without being condemned.