The surname of "Comestor" ("devourer"), given to Peter during his life, also demonstrates the esteem in which his learning was held: he was a great bookworm. He often refers to his surname in his sermons and in the epitaph said to be composed by him: "Petrus eram ... dictusque comestor, nunc comedor." ("Peter was I... and called the devourer: now I am devoured.") He afterwards withdrew to St. Victor's Abbey, Paris and made profession of canonical life.
Petrus Comestor died in Paris around 1178. He was buried at St. Victor's, and the necrology of the canons mentions him as one of themselves (21 October).His works include commentaries on the Gospels, allegories on Holy Scripture, and a moral commentary on St. Paul, all of which are as yet unpublished.
His Historia Scholastica is a kind of sacred history composed for students. The author begins the sacred narrative at the Creation, and continues it to the end of the incidents related in the Acts of the Apostles; all the books of the Bible are contained therein, except those whose nature is purely didactic, the Book of Wisdom, the Psalms, the Prophets, the Epistles, etc. The discourses are abbreviated.
Petrus Comestor died in Paris around 1178. He was buried at St. Victor's, and the necrology of the canons mentions him as one of themselves (21 October).His works include commentaries on the Gospels, allegories on Holy Scripture, and a moral commentary on St. Paul, all of which are as yet unpublished.
His Historia Scholastica is a kind of sacred history composed for students. The author begins the sacred narrative at the Creation, and continues it to the end of the incidents related in the Acts of the Apostles; all the books of the Bible are contained therein, except those whose nature is purely didactic, the Book of Wisdom, the Psalms, the Prophets, the Epistles, etc. The discourses are abbreviated.
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