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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