Petrus Alphonsi

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Petrus Alphonsi (also spelled Alfonsi, Peter; born Moses Sepharadi) (1062-1110) was a Jewish Spanish writer and astronomer, and polemicist, who converted to Christianity. He is best remembered for Disciplina Clericalis.

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-{{Template}}'''Petrus Alphonsi''' (also spelled ''Alfonsi'', ''Peter''; born '''Moses Sepharadi''') (1062-1110) was a [[Jew]]ish [[Spain|Spanish]] [[writer]] and [[astronomer]], and [[polemic]]ist, who converted to [[Christianity]]. He was physician to King [[Alfonso VI of Castile]].
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+'''Petrus Alphonsi''' (also spelled ''Alfonsi'', ''Peter''; born '''Moses Sepharadi''') (1062-1110) was a [[Jew]]ish [[Spain|Spanish]] [[writer]] and [[astronomer]], and [[polemic]]ist, who converted to [[Christianity]]. He is best remembered for ''[[Disciplina Clericalis]]''.
-Alphonsi was born at [[Huesca]], [[Aragon]], in 1062, and  died at the age of forty-eight. He embraced [[Christianity]] and was [[baptism|baptized]] at [[Huesca]] on [[St. Peter's Day]], June 29, 1106, in his forty-fifth year. In honor of the saint and of his royal patron and [[godparent|godfather]] he took the name of Petrus Alfonsi (Alfonso's Peter).
-Alphonsi wrote about his conversion in ''Dialogus contra iudaeos'', written in [[Latin]]. The dialogues are between Mose and Pedro (i.e. Moses Sephardi and Petrus Alfonsi, himself before and after conversion).
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