William of Coventry

William of Coventry (called Claudius Conversus; ) was an English Carmelite friar and historian. He wrote on the history of Carmelites and other subjects.Jotischky 2004.

Works William was born at Coventry, and became a Carmelite. He must have been a lay brother of the order there, since if he was lame, as the name Claudius indicates, he could not have been ordained. Bale possessed copies of works by him on the history of the Carmelites.Bateson 1900, pp. 377–378. Three of Coventry's historical works, written either or , survive in the form of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century transcripts.Bodl. Oxf., MSS. Laud misc. 722, Selden supra 72. Bale ascribes to him also an Elucidarium Fidei, which occurs in many manuscripts,e.g. Bodl. MSS. Laud 22 E 44, E 90, and L 47. and has been printed as the work of Anselm. It has also been ascribed to Honorius of Autun, Guibert Novigentinus, and even Augustine. Bale ascribes to William Carmina Diversa.Bateson 1900, p. 378.

See also

Whitefriars, Coventry

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Further reading

Bale, John (1557–1559). Scriptorvm illustriũ Maioris Brytannie̜ … Catalogus. Basel: Ioannem Oporinum. pp. 461–462. Staring, Adrianus (1989). Medieval Carmelite Heritage. Rome: Institutum Carmelitanum. pp. 182, 267. Villiers, C. de S. E. de (1752). Bibliotheca Carmelitana. Vol. 1. Orléans: M. Couret de Villeneuve & Joannes Rouzeau. pp. 596–597.