Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Folklore

Bailardo (Barliario), Pietro

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BAILARDO (BARLIARIO), PIETRO. - In popular tradition the legend of this strange figure, an astronomer and necromancer from Salerno, who died at the stake in 1149 after abjuring his errors, has remained alive to this day. Especially vivid is the memory of a miracle that, on the occasion of his death, is said to have been performed by a crucifix, a miracle whose account is already found in the XXVII Sermone evangelico of Franco Sacchetti, and which inspired two popular "stories" in ottava rima, printed several times over the last two centuries. Some scholars have believed, but erroneously, that they could identify him with Peter Abelard.

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BIBL.: A. D'Ancona, Un filosofo e un mago: Pietro Abelardo e P. B., in Varietà storiche e letterarie, Milano 1883; G. Pansa, La leggenda di P. B. in Salerno, in Miti, leggende e superstizioni dell'Abruzzo, II, Sulmona 1927.

Paolo Toschi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 700–701.

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Toschi, Paolo. “Bailardo (Barliario), pietro.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 700–701. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bailardo-barliario-pietro.

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Toschi, Paolo. “Bailardo (Barliario), pietro.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 700–701. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bailardo-barliario-pietro.

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@incollection{ec2_bailardo_barliario_pietro,
  author    = {Toschi, Paolo},
  title     = {Bailardo (Barliario), pietro},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {700--701},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bailardo-barliario-pietro}
}

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