Helinand of Perseigne explained

Helinand of Perseigne was a Cistercian monk and writer. He was the procurator of the Perseigne Abbey during the abbacy of Adam .^[1] He wrote a commentary on the Book of Revelation, mentioned by John of Wales around 1280. It is now lost.^[2] Some preserved glosses on the Book of Exodus are also attributed to him.^[1]

Réjane Molina has advanced the theory that Helinand of Froidmont spent time at Perseigne before moving to Froidmont and that consequently the two authors are in fact one person.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Barthélemy Hauréau, Histoire Littéraire du Maine, Tome Sixième (Dumoulin, 1873), pp. 102–103.
2. Alain Boureau (2014), "Albert le Grand, commentateur de lApocalypse", Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie 61(1): 43–57.
3. Beverly M. Kienzle (1997), "Hélinand de Froidmont et la prédication cistercienne dans le Midi (1145–1229)", Cahiers de Fanjeaux 32: 37–67, citing Molina (1987), "Helinand de Froidmont, Helinand de Perseigne, et la littérature de Graal", in Les Cahiers de l'Abbaye de St. Arnount 2: 57–63.