McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Vilgard

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Vilgard


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(or Bilgard), a grammarian and heretic of Ravenna, flourished in the first part of the 11th century. He was charged with being possessed with evil spirits in the form of Virgil, Horace, Juvenal, etc., and with teaching subversive doctrines; and was therefore condemned to death. See Neander, Hist. of the Church, 3, 602.