or Jean de Paris or John the Deaf or John Quidort
born с 1255, Paris, France
died Sept. 22, 1306, Bordeaux, Gascony
Dominican monk and disciple of St.
A lecturer at the University of Paris, he wrote on the separation of church and state and the limits of papal authority. His controversial view on the nature of the {{link=Eucharist">Eucharist was censured, and he was sentenced to perpetual silence; he died before his appeal could be decided.