[1] de Bardis was a highly regarded scholar of St. Augustine and a friend of Petrarch.
[2] It is likely that the papal commission which prosecuted Nicholas of Autrecourt acquired information from the Bishop of Paris and de Bardis.
[3] In the spring of 1347 the examination of the ideas of John of Mirecourt began in response to a letter to the university from Pope Clement VI.
de Bardis submitted the text to a select group of regent masters who were given the work of evaluation.
The task was a two-stage process which was similar to the proceedings against William of Ockham which took place at Avignon.