William of Auxerre

William of Auxerre a French theologian of the early part of the 13th century, became professor of theology in Paris, where he acquired a great reputation for learning. He died at Rome in 1230, leaving a Summa Theologica, written at Paris about 1216, of which Denis of Chartreux eventually published an abridgment. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Géneralé, 22:697.