# Peter the Venerable ## Biography [DLL # A4986](https://catalog.digitallatin.org/dll-author/a4986) In English, a useful starting point for researching Peter the Venerable (albeit rather dated at this point) is Watkins Williams' chapter on [Peter the Venerable](https://books.google.ca/books?id=9OFRAQAAIAAJ\&lpg=PA139\&ots=qbOh4dqjCp\&dq=Contra%20eos%20qui%20dicunt%20Christum%20nunquam%20se%20in%20Evangeliis%20aperte%20Deum%20dixisse\&pg=PA132#v=onepage\&q=Contra%20eos%20qui%20dicunt%20Christum%20nunquam%20se%20in%20Evangeliis%20aperte%20Deum%20dixisse\&f=false) from the *Downside Review* (January 1936, vol. 54, no. 157, p. 1-17; later reprinted in his *Monastic Studies).* It provides an introductory overview of his life, family and writings. The references and editions it references, however, have largely been superceded by modern editions and translations. Watkins Williams, "Peter the Venerable," In *Monastic Studies* (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1938): 132-145. ## Bibliography [Corpus Corporum entry on PV](http://www.mlat.uzh.ch/MLS/xanfang.php?tabelle=Petrus_Cluniacensis_cps2) (in French; links to works/ mss) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Venerable) [Catholic Encyclopedia](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10525b.htm) (1917) Chronicon Cluniacense (translated into English) [Histoire Litteraire](https://archive.org/details/histoirelittra13riveuoft/page/240) (in French) Jean Leclercq, *Pierre le Vénérable*. * Review of Book: Pierre le Vénérable (Figures monastiques) by Dom Hubert Dauphon, . The [Downside Review](https://doi-org.proxy.library.carleton.ca/10.1177%2F001258064706500215), 65.2 (1947), 182–184. ]\(; Denise Bouthillier and Jean-Pierre Torrell. *