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Robert de Sorbon

Robert de Sorbon (October 9, 1201August 15, 1274) was a French theologian.

He was born in Sorbon, in the Ardennes département.

He became chaplain and confessor to King Louis IX of France and founded the Collège de Sorbonne in Paris for the use of 20 theology students in 1257. The Collège later became the Sorbonne University.

He died in Paris.

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