Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Peter the Hermit

(in Tasso), “the holy author of the crusade” (bk. i.). It is said that six millions of persons assumed the cross at his preaching.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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