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Pierre Bersuire

French Benedictine translator, encyclopaedist and author

b. 1290 CE – d. 1362 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Pierre Bersuire (c. 1290-1362), also known as Pierre Bercheure and Pierre Berchoire (in Latin, Petrus Berchorius or Petrus Bercorius), is a French author of the Middle Ages.

A Benedictine, he is a translator, encyclopaedist, and the author of several works, including the Ovidius Moralizatus (not to be confused with the Ovide Moralise) (1340), a work of mythography.

The Gesta Romanorum, a Latin collection of anecdotes and tales, is sometimes attributed to him.

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Moran, J. (2017). Pierre Bersuire. History Atlas. Retrieved 12 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/pierre-bersuire/

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