Editing Peter the Hermit (section)

==Family==
He is called '''Pierre l'Ermite''' in French. The structure of this name in French unlike in [[English language|English]] has led some [[francophone]] scholars to treat l'Ermite as a [[surname]] rather than a title.

According to some authors, he was born around 1050 and was the son of Renauld L'Ermite of Auvergne, and his wife Alide Montaigu, de [[Picardy|Picard]]ie.<ref name="nominis">{{cite web|url=http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/1470/Bienheureux-Pierre-l-Ermite.html|title=Bienheureux Pierre l'Ermite|publisher=nominis.cef.fr|lang=fr|access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref> Others claim he was a member of the ''L'Hermite'' family of Auvergne in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>Léon Paulet, Recherches sur Pierre l'Hermite et la Croisade, (Ve Jules Renouard, 1856) [https://books.google.com/books?id=QjqSTJFvg18C  p72.]</ref> These claims are disputed by other authors, who argue that nothing can confirm that "the Hermit" was an actual surname and that surnames had not developed until after his day.<ref>Heinrich Hagenmeyer, Le vrai et le faux sur Pierre l'Hermite: analyse critique des témoignages historiques relatifs à ce personnage et de légendes auxquelles il a donné lieu (Librairie de la Société Bibliographique, 1883) p 32.</ref><ref>Dr M. Hoefer (dir.), Nouvelle Biographie Générale, vol. 40, [[Paris]], Firmin-Didot, 1862, p.184.</ref>