Paraclete
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Paraclete is a Christian biblical term occurring five times in the Johannine texts of the New Testament. In Christian theology, the word commonly refers to the Holy Spirit and is translated as 'advoca
Depiction of the Holy Spirit as a Dove, from the Throne of Saint Peter, Saint Peter's Basilica
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Peter Abelard
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Peter Abelard was a French philosopher, logician, theologian, composer, and poet.
Paraclete
…Christian understanding, the presence of the Holy Spirit is to claim the rebirth of prophecy. During his period as a hermit in the mid-12th century, Peter Abelard dedicated his chapel to the Paraclete because "I had come there as a fugitive and, in the depths of my despair, was granted some comfort by the grace…
Depiction by Antoni Oleszczyński, before 1841
Statue of Abelard at Louvre Palace in Paris by Jules Cavelier
Dedicatory panel in the Père Lachaise Cemetery
Peter Abelard and Heloïse in a manuscript of the Roman de la Rose (14th century)