Padua
was long supposed by the Scotch to be the chief school of
necromancy; hence Sir Walter Scott says of the Earl of Gowrie—
He learned the art that none may name
In Padua, far beyond the sea.
Lay of the Last Minstrel.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Padua from Fact Monster:
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