The tragic end of the most mysterious scientist in history

Pietro D'Abano is a famous philosopher, astrologer, and medical doctor, and is also rumored to be a famous witch in Italy, in the Middle Ages.

The truth about D'Abano is covered with many mystical details for centuries as famous as being extravagantly richer than even kings. And according to the test legend D'Abano practiced black magic by using evil forms to cause illness and healing. It was rumored that he possessed the stone of the ashram, the supreme goal of alchemists, thought to be possible and bestowed, so he had such enormous wealth.

Pietro D 'Abano.

So far the stories and legends associated with the name of Pietro D 'Abano are still being sought by many scientific and historical researchers.

What is politely known is D'Abano born in 1257 in a small Italian town called Abano Terme. In 1270, D'Abano moved to Constantinople, still the capital of Christian Byzantine empire and one of the largest cultural and educational centers in Europe. Here, he cultivated himself fluently in Greek to be able to enter the ancient Byzantine libraries to study and learn about astrology, philosophy and medicine.

In about 1300, when D'Abano was 43 years old, he moved to Paris to continue further studies and quickly became one of the famous Doctor of Philosophy and Medicine. Like many scholars of the time, D'Abano practiced astrology and was very interested in alchemy as well as other future prediction methods. His reputation has enabled him to reach many of the leading intellectuals as well as the Pope and other powerful religious leaders.

Due to his talent and his patience and research, Pietro D'Abano became a reputable doctor and cured countless patients suffering from diseases that were considered to be dangerous at that time.

He was called "Great Lombard" by religious patients in all regions of Italy and in France, D'Abano is also known as a very skilled and effective doctor, and although he takes medical fees. extremely expensive, but patients are still stuck. This may be the reason for his immense financial resources. But in the middle ages, scientific methods were not developed, the border between science and magic was not fully defined.

Because of his reputation for healing, and almost no cure at the time, Pietro D'Abano was accused of being a witch and heretic. Saint-Jacques Monastery in Paris accused him of being a heretic who used magic to heal and he was taken to Padua. He was prosecuted twice by the Church Court, although the indictment was unclear and inconsistent.

D'Abano practices astrology and is very interested in alchemy.(Illustration).

For the first time he was acquitted, but later he was prosecuted with major allegations of witchcraft and the use of demonic influence to magically inflict illnesses (then cure the disease to obtain money) and at the same time attributed him to the use of astrological magic to cause natural objects to affect nature.

Pietro D'Abano died in 1316 while in custody, enjoying the age of 59. When friends found his body in the Church of St. Augustin, they discovered that his body was burnt almost and there were traces of a barbaric execution.

Before his death, D'Abano left many valuable scientific works for posterity. He translated works of Rabbi Abraham Aben Ezra (1089-1167) decoding biblical philosophies as well as initial investigations of mathematics and astronomy. D'Abano also wrote two other important works, 'Conciliator differenta de inter philosophos et medicos versantur' (published in Mantua, 1472, Venice, 1476) and 'De venenis eorumque remediis' (1472), in which the translation French was published in Lyon in 1593. These are valuable books that explain the ancient knowledge of Arab medicine and Greek natural philosophy.