Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century
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Name (Latin)
Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century
Other forms of name
Deguileville, Guillaume de, active 14th century
Guillaume, de Deguileville, 14th cent
Guillaume de Deguilleville, 14th cent
Guillaume, de Deguilleville, active 14th century
Guillaume, de Digulleville, active 14th century
Guillaume, de Guileville, active 14th century
William, of Diguilleville, active 14th century
Digulleville, Guillaume de, active 14th century
Date of birth
1295
Date of death
1360
Place of birth
Digulleville (France)
Associated country
France
Place of residence/headquarters
Fontaine-Chaalis (France)
Associate group
Cistercians
Abbaye de Châalis
Occupation
Monks
Poets
Associated Language
frm
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Lydgate, J.The pilgrimage of the life of man ... 1899-1904.
- LC database, 2/7/86(hdg.: Guillaume de Deguilleville, 14th cent.; usage: Guillaume de Deguilevile, Guillaume de Guileville)
- Grand Larousse(Guillaume de Digulleville; Fr. poet of 14th cent.)
- Catholic encyclopedia(William of Diguilleville (Deguilleville))
- Le Pèlerinage de l'âme de Guillaume de Digulleville (1355-1358), 2014:title page (Guillaume de Digulleville) page 7 (Guillaume de Digulleville; Cistercian monk at the royal abbey of Chaalis; wrote an allegorical trilogy between 1330 and 1355)
- French Wikipedia, viewed October 10, 2017(Guillaume de Digulleville; Guillaume de Deguileville; born 1295 in Digulleville (Normandy); died sometime after 1358; French monk and poet)
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Wikipedia description:
Guillaume de Deguileville (1295 - before 1358) was a French Cistercian and writer. His authorship is shown by one acrostic in Le Pèlerinage de la Vie Humaine, two in Le Pèlerinage de l'Âme, and one in Le Pèlerinage de Jhesucrist. These acrostics take the form of a series of stanzas, each beginning with a letter of Deguileville's name. According to indications in the Vie his father was called Thomas, he was named after his godfather, and his patron saint was William of Chaalis. There is no evidence that his name is connected with a village of Guileville.
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