William of Auvergne
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For other people named William of Auvergne, see William of Auvergne (disambiguation).
William of Auvergne (1180/90–1249) was a French theologian and philosopher who served as Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death. He was one of the first western European philosophers to engage with and comment extensively upon Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy.
He is also known as Guillaume d'Auvergne, Guilielmus Alvernus, or William of Paris.