Pietro d'Abano, also known as Petrus de Apono, Petrus Aponensis or Peter of Abano, was an Italian philosopher, astrologer, and professor of medicine in Padua. He was born in the Italian town from which he takes his name, now Abano Terme.
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Bust of Pietro d'Abano at the University of Padua in Palazzo del Bo, Padua.
Conciliator differentiarum philosophorum et precipue medicorum
Petrus de Abano. Line engraving, 1688.![Generic portrait of Petr[us] de abano conciliator, woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. The reversed "c" is a standard Latin abbreviation for the prefix "con-".](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Nuremberg_Chronicle_f_224r_3.jpg)
Generic portrait of Petr[us] de abano conciliator, woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. The reversed "c" is a standard Latin abbreviation for the prefix "con-".Academics born in the 1250s 6
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Pietro d'Abano, also known as Petrus de Apono, Petrus Aponensis or Peter of Abano, was an Italian philosopher, astrologer, and professor of medicine in Padua. He was born in the Italian town from which he takes his name, now Abano Terme. He gained fame by writing Conciliator Differentiarum, quae inter Philosophos et Medicos Versantur. He was eventually accused of heresy and atheism, and came before the Inquisition. He died in prison in 1316 before the end of his trial.
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