Editing Peter the Hermit (section)

==Legend==
[[File:0 Saint Pierre l'Ermite - Amiens.JPG|thumb|upright|A statue of Peter the Hermit in [[Amiens]]]]
Since his death various legends have sprung up around Peter. One legend has its roots in the writings of [[Jacques de Vitry]], who found it convenient to convince people from the [[Diocese of Liège|bishopric of Liège]] of  the merits of participating in the [[Albigensian Crusade]] by manipulating the story of Peter.<ref>ul de Saint-Hilaire, Liège et Meuse mystérieux, vol. 2, Bruxelles, édition Rossel, 1982.</ref><ref>Les grands Mythes de L'histoire de Belgique, de Flandre et de Wallonie, Evo-histoire, 1996</ref>

Another legend is given in the 14th century by the French [[troubadour]] Jehan-de-Bouteiller, who sings the memory of "a dict Peter the Hermit deschendant a count of Clairmont by a Sieur d'Herrymont [who] married a Montagut". Peter the Hermit's parents would, therefore, be Renauld de Hérimont and Aleidis Montaigu (Aleidis is known in Huy as the "mother of Dom Pierre, with a home in Huy").<ref>Pierre d'Hérimont dit l'Ermite by Freddy Van Daele, édition Alfred Van Daele, Hosdent-sur-Mehaigne, 2008</ref>

There is also a strong and old tradition that Peter the Hermit was the first to introduce the use of the [[Rosary]].<ref name="Thomas Dudley Fosbroke 1843 p 317"/><ref name="William Hurd 1799 p255"/> It follows that he began this tradition in about 1090.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/biography/Peter-the-Hermit Peter the Hermit] at Britanica online. {{dubious|date=January 2024}}</ref>