Walter of Bruges was a 13th-century Franciscan theologian and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Poitiers. Born in Ostend around 1227, he joined the Franciscan order in Bruges before pursuing advanced studies in Paris. A student of Bonaventure, he served as a regent master at the University of Paris between 1267 and 1269. His ecclesiastical career included serving as a provincial minister for the French province and later leading the diocese of Poitiers from 1279 until his retirement in 1306.