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Areas of expertise
Religious and cultural history of the Late Antique and Early Medieval West (3rd-10th c.)
Ancient Christian literature, especially education and religious practices (Christian identity, catechesis, initiation, marriage, penance, etc.)
Manuscript transmission and literary reception of Latin Late Antique writers (especially Augustine of Hippo) in the Middle Ages
Anonymous and pseudepigraphical texts (especially preaching, early translations and hagiography)
Portal presentation
Since 2025: Research Associate of the F.R.S.-FNRS, History Department, Centre Pratiques Médiévales de l'Ecrit (https://paths.unamur.be/prame), University of Namur
2024-2025: Senior Researcher, FED-tWIN, University of Namur/Royal Library of Belgium
2020-2023: Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Durham University
2019-2023: Postdoctoral fellow FNRS
2017-2019: Postdoctoral fellow Marie Curie COFUND
Diplomas
DPhil in History (University of Oxford, 2016). Thesis: The catechumenate in late antique Africa: Augustine, his contemporaries and early reception (ca. 360-530 AD)
MSt in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (University of Oxford, 2012, with Distinction).
Master Recherche, Antiquité méditerranéenne et proche orientale: langues, histoire, religions (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 2011, Mention Très Bien). Master 1: "Les Institutiones de Cassiodore" (Mention Très Bien, sous la direction de Martine Dulaey). Master 2: "Le catéchuménat dans l'Antiquité tardive en Italie" (Mention Très Bien, sous la direction de Michel-Yves Perrin)
Certificat et Diplôme Pratique de Quechua (INALCO, 2011, Mention Très Bien)
Baccalauréat en Histoire (Université Catholique de Louvain, 2008, Distinction)
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Reading in full, reading in pieces. Medieval Florilegia and the Circulation of Latin Classics (9th-13th centuries)
Franzoni, S. (PI), Pignot, M. (Supervisor) & Assenmaker, P. (CoI)
1/10/24 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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HOBBiT: Heritage Old “Belgian” Books in Transition (HOBBiT) : Books and libraries in “Belgian” monasteries of the Windesheim Congregation, 15th – early 16th centuries
Pignot, M. (PI), Hermand, X. (Supervisor) & Reynhout, L. (Co-supervisor)
1/01/24 → 31/12/33
Project: Research
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Augustine of Hippo and the definition of religious practices in the early middle ages: manuscript transmission and literary reception of texts on initiation, marriage and penance (400-1000)
Pignot, M. (PI) & Hermand, X. (Supervisor)
1/10/19 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Augustine and the Making of Christian Practices and Doctrines (400-1000 AD)
Matthieu Pignot, Michael Wuk, Marie-Ange Rakotonaina, Riccardo Macchioro, Zachary Guiliano, Lene Ten Haaf, Diane Fruchtman, Alexander Hwang, Jesse Keskiaho, Marina Giani & Pignot, M. (Editor), 2026, (Accepted/In press) Brepols Publishers. (Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia)Research output: Book/Report/Journal › Book
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How to make sense of compilation disorder ? New insights into the oldest form of the Octoginta homiliae
Pignot, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Patristic Sermons in the Middle Ages: Collections, Mediators and the Practice of Compiling. Boodts, S., Macchioro, R., Schmidt, G., Denis, I. & Furlan, E. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, (Sermo. Studies on Patristic, Medieval and Reformation Sermons and Preaching).Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Sermon Dolbeau 31
Pignot, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Augustin d'Hippone. Sermons Dolbeau 26-31. Dolbeau, F. & Dulaey, M. (eds.). Brepols Publishers, (Bibliothèque Augustinienne; vol. 78B).Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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A Latin translation of the Pythagorean Sentences by Rufinus of Aquileia: introduction and edition
Pignot, M., Jul 2025, In: Revue bénédictine. 135, 1, p. 5-53 49 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Augustine
Pignot, M. & Rebillard, E., 2025, Oxford Bibliographies in Classics. Scodel, R. (ed.). Oxford University Press, (Oxford Bibliographies in Classics).Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Activities
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Fonder, bâtir, prier. Aux origines des abbayes de moniales cisterciennes dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux (XIIIe siècle)
Hermand, X. (Organiser), Nieus, J.-F. (Contributor), Pignot, M. (Organiser), Ruffini-Ronzani, N. (Organiser), Lebecque, F. (Organiser), Carlier, A. (Organiser), Verbeek, M. (Organiser), Tilmant, P.-H. (Organiser) & Gautier, P. (Organiser)
11 Dec 2025 → 12 Dec 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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De saint Hubert à Saint-Hubert: des hommes, des textes, des vestiges matériels. 16e journée d’étude du groupe de contact FRS-FNRS Translatio. Antiquité tardive – haut Moyen âge (IVe-Xe siècle)
Renard, E. (Member of Organizing Committee), Close, F. (Member of Organizing Committee), Glansdorff, S. (Member of Organizing Committee), Schroeder, N. (Member of Organizing Committee), Pignot, M. (Contributor) & Jusseret, R. (Member of Organizing Committee)
12 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation to a Symposium, a study Day
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CIC Study Day. Bookbinding studies: state of the art and prospects for new research
Pignot, M. (Contributor) & Reynhout, L. (Contributor)
28 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation to a Symposium, a study Day
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Cycle de conférences: Pratiques médiévales de l'écrit, 2025-2026
Renard, E. (Member of Organizing Committee), Hermand, X. (Member of Organizing Committee), Pignot, M. (Member of Organizing Committee), Nieus, J.-F. (Member of Organizing Committee), Ruffini-Ronzani, N. (Member of Organizing Committee) & Palumbo, G. B. (Member of Organizing Committee)
12 Nov 2025 → 6 May 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Organiser les corpus d’auteurs chrétiens de l’Antiquité méditerranéenne
Pignot, M. (Speaker) & Delmulle, J. (Speaker)
18 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk