Hugh of Saint-Victor
Augustinian canon, theologian, and philosopher at the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Paris. Among the scholars who used Jerome's version of Scripture exclusively.
Preliminaries
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PREFACE TO THE READER (1)
— Listed among scholars who used Jerome's version
"Richard, Hugh, Bernard"
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 3: And God said: Let there be light
— Cited for the view that light was a luminous body
"Bede, Hugh, the Master"
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Verse 3: And God said: Let there be light
— Cited for the view that light signifies right intention of the mind
"the light created first of all signifies the right intention of the mind, which ought to precede and direct all our works, says Hugh of St. Victor."
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Verse 4: And God saw the light that it was good
— Cited alongside others on the division of light from darkness allegorically
"Allegorically, Hugo and others note that on the first day"
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Verse 24: Let the Earth Bring Forth the Living Creature
— Cited for the tropological interpretation of the six days
"from Eucherius, Origen, and Hugh, says Pererius."