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2 unusual facts about Robert de Sorbon


Robert de Sorbon

It was sponsored by King Louis and received the endorsement of Pope Alexander IV in 1259.

Born into a poor family in Sorbon, in what is now the Ardennes département, Robert de Sorbon entered the Church and was educated in Reims and Paris.


Sorbon

It was the birthplace of Robert de Sorbon, (1201–1274), who was a chaplain and Confessor to King Louis IX of France, as well as the founder of the Sorbonne, the University of Paris.


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