# Peter the Hermit

> A priest from Amiens who led thousands of peasants east in 1096 before the nobles even moved — and watched most of them die in Turkey weeks later. His name opens the First Crusade's bloodiest footnotes.

*11th century French Christian priest and key figure during the First Crusade*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/peter-the-hermit

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1050
- **Died:** 1115-07-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Peter the Hermit, a Roman Catholic priest from Amiens born around 1050, became the face of the People's Crusade in 1096, a ragged military expedition that set out for Jerusalem ahead of the organized noble armies. His march through Europe left a trail of massacres against Jewish communities, setting a brutal precedent for later Crusades. The Seljuk Turks nearly wiped out his forces in Anatolia, forcing Peter to retreat to Constantinople and attach himself to the Prince's Crusade that followed. He continued in varying leadership roles as the Crusaders pushed into the Levant and eventually took Jerusalem. He died on 8 July 1115 or 1131.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.9 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 26.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Hermit)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311845)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Peter%20the%20Hermit)
- [Пиер Отшелника](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0)
- [Pere l'Ermità](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pere_l'Ermit%C3%A0)
- [Petr Poustevník](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr_Poustevn%C3%ADk)
- [Peter Eremit](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Eremit)
- [Peter der Einsiedler](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_der_Einsiedler)
- [Πέτρος ο Ερημίτης](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%95%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82)
- [Pedro de Amiens el Ermitaño](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Amiens_el_Ermita%C3%B1o)
- [پیتر زاهد](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF)
- [Pierre l'Ermite](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_l'Ermite)
- [פטרוס הנזיר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A8)
- [Remete Péter](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remete_P%C3%A9ter)
- [Պետրոս Ճգնավոր](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D5%83%D5%A3%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80)
- [Petrus sang Pertapa](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_sang_Pertapa)
- [Pietro l'eremita](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_l'eremita)
- [隠者ピエール](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9A%A0%E8%80%85%E3%83%94%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB)
- [პეტრე მეუდაბნოე](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A3%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94)
- [피에르 레르미트](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%BC%EC%97%90%EB%A5%B4_%EB%A0%88%EB%A5%B4%EB%AF%B8%ED%8A%B8)
- [Petras Eremitas](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petras_Eremitas)
- [Pierre l'Ermite](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_l'Ermite)
- [പത്രോസ് സന്യാസി](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF)
- [Peter de Kluizenaar](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_de_Kluizenaar)
- [Peter Eremitten](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Eremitten)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_the_Hermit)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pietro_l'eremita)
- [بطرس الناسك](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83)
- [بطرس الناسك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83)

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