Author:Hugh of Saint Victor

Hugh of Saint Victor
(1096–1141)

Hugh of Saint Victor

Works

• On the Mysteries of the Christian Faith/On the Sacraments of the Christian Faith (De sacramentis christianae fidei)
• Didascalion, or, On the Study of Reading (Didascalicon de studio legendi)
• Commentary on the Celestial Hierarchy (In Hierarchiam celestem commentaria)
• Commentary on Ecclesiastes (In Salomonis Ecclesiasten)
• Three treatises on Noah's Ark:
  • Noah's Moral Ark/On the Moral Interpretation of the Ark of Noah (De arca Noe morali)
  • Noah's Mystical Ark/On the Mystic Interpretation of the Ark of Noah (De arca Noe mystica)
  • The World's Vanity (De vanitate mundi)
• On the Three Days (De tribus diebus)
• On the wisdom of the soul of Christ (De sapientia animae Christi)
• The Union of the Body and the Spirit (De unione corporis et spiritus)
• Epitome of Dindimus on Philosophy (Epitome Dindimi in philosophiam)
• The Practice of Geometry (Practica Geometriae)
• On Grammar (De Grammatica)
• The Soliloquy on the Earnest Money of the Soul (Soliloquium de Arrha Animae)
• On Contemplation and its Forms, possibly written by Hugh's students based on his teachings
• On Sacred Scripture and its Authors
• De anima
• On the Five Sevens (De quinque septenis)

Authorship uncertain

• De meditatione
• De verbo Dei
• De substantia dilectionis
• Quid vere diligendus est
• De quinque septenis
• De septem donis Spiritus sancti

Formerly attributed to Hugh

• Exposition of the Rule of St Augustine

Works about Hugh

• "Hugh of St. Victor," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)