Parisian scholar Abelard. They had had a passionate affair, secretly married and had a child, Astrolabe. Alas, their love was fraught with tragedy, and both, for different reasons, were forced to take the habit. Thus did Master Peter end his days. Abelard was buried at the Paraclete, and when Heloise died she was buried beside him.
Lovers still visit their tomb.
Gary Macy is a theology professor at the University of San Diego.