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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. Through his followers, the Porretans, he exercised a significant influence on the theology of the second half of the twelfth century