Peter of Blois

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Peter of Blois or Petrus Blessensis (c.1135 – c.1203) was a French poet and diplomat who wrote in Latin. Peter studied law and theology at the Sorbonne. It was probably during his student years that he composed a number of Latin sequences after the manner of the Goliards, some of which were preserved in the Carmina Burana collection.

Peter went with Stephen du Perche and Walter of the Mill to Sicily in 1166 and there became the tutor to King William II in 1167. He was one of the few Frenchmen to survive the tumult of Stephen's years as chancellor of Sicily. Around 1173, he went to England, where he served Henry II and Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, as a Latin secretary. He later served as Latin secretary to Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry's widow. Many of his letters still survive.

External links

• [Some Letters of Peter of Blois concerning Sicily.]
• [Catholic Encyclopaedia article.]

 

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