To Magister Geoffrey, of Loretto. Geoffrey of Loretto, a most renowned doctor, afterwards Archbishop of Bordeaux. He took his name from Loretto, a place in the Diocese of Tours, close to Poitou. It was once famous for a Priory, subject to Marmoutiers. This is why Gerard of Angoulême is spoken of to Geoffrey in this Letter as “the wild beast near you.” Another derivation is “L’oratoire,” a monastery of the Cistercians in the Diocese of Angers.