Belphegor
The demon of discoveries and ingenious inventions. He appears always in the shape of a young The Moabites, who called him Baalphegor, adored woman. him on Mount Phegor. He it is who bestows riches.
Benedict IX. : At a time when the papacy was much abused -about the tenth and eleventh centuries-the papal crown was more than once offered for sale. Thus the office fell into the hands of a high and ambitious family who held it for a boy of twelve-Benedict IX. As he grew older the boy lost no opportunity of disgracing his position by his depraved mode of life. But, like his predecessors in the papal chair, he excelled in sorcery and various forms of magic. One of the most curious stories concerning him tells how he made the Roman matrons follow him over hill and dale, through forests and across rivers, by the charm of his magic, as though he were a sort of Pied Piper.