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Des Périers, Bonaventure

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DES PÉRIERS, BONAVENTURE. - Born in 1498 (or 1518?) at Arnay-le-Duc (?), died in 1544 (?). He is the author of the Cymbalum mundi (1537), one of the boldest and most deliberate works of sixteenth-century libertinism, aimed at proposing, among other things, the irrationality of Christ's divinity, precisely because, according to D. P., God would find himself unable to change the order of natural things. The writing aroused widespread scandal, and its suppression was ordered by the government.

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BIBL.: A. Chenevière, B. D. P., sa vie, ses poésies, Paris 1886; Ph. A. Becker, B. D. P. als Dichter und Erzähler, Vienna 1924; L. Pebre, Origène et D. P. ou l'énigme du « Cymbalum mundi », Paris 1942.

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By Massimo Petrocchi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1487.

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Petrocchi, Massimo. “Des Périers, bonaventure.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1487. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/des-periers-bonaventure.

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Petrocchi, Massimo. “Des Périers, bonaventure.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1487. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/des-periers-bonaventure.

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@incollection{ec4_des_periers_bonaventure,
  author    = {Petrocchi, Massimo},
  title     = {Des Périers, bonaventure},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1487},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/des-periers-bonaventure}
}

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