Famous People with Name Durandus

Durandus Of Troarn            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Durandus Of Troarn: was a French Benedictine and ecclesiastical writer.[1] Affiliated from early childhood to the Benedictine community of Mont-Sainte-Cathérine and of Saint-Vandrille, he was made abbot of the newly founded Saint-Martin of Troarn by William, Duke of Normandy, in whose esteem he stood on a par with Lanfranc, Anselm, and Gerbert.

Durandus Of Saint-Pourçain            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Durandus Of Saint-Pourçain: was a French philosopher and theologian. In 1318 he was consecrated Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay and was transferred to the diocese of Meaux in 1326. He became known as Doctor Resolutissimus owing to his strenuous advocacy of certain opinions novel to contemporary academics. He died at Meaux.