Richard of St. Victor ( - 1173)

Richard of Saint Victor, C.R.S.A., (died 1173) is known today as one of the most influential religious thinkers of his time. He was a prominent mystical theologian, and was prior of the famous Augustinian Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris from 1162 until his death in 1173. Very little is known about the origins and upbringing of Richard of Saint Victor.