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Peter Damian OSB (Latin: Petrus Damianus; Italian: Pietro or Pier Damiani; c. 1007 – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073) was an Italian reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX.
May 21, 2024 · St. Peter Damian was a cardinal and doctor of the church, an original leader, and a forceful figure in the Gregorian reform movement, whose personal example and many writings exercised great influence on religious life in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Aug 27, 2003 · Peter Damian, an eleventh-century monastic leader and Church reformer, has received a modest place in the historiography of early medieval philosophy because of his little tract De divina omnipotentia.
Saint Peter Damian was, according to Pope Benedict XVI, “one of the most significant figures of the 11th century.” But his extraordinary example of prayer, penance, and service should inspire Catholics of the 21st century.
Feb 21, 2024 · Peter Damian’s spiritual journey began with the Benedictines. Enthused by the reform of St. Romuald (951–1027), he became a monk in the monastery of Fonte Avellana.
Feb 21, 2024 · Saint and Doctor of the Church. Returning to his monastery from a peace mission in his hometown of Ravenna, Peter Damian was overtaken by death while visiting the Benedictine monastery in Faenza. He was immediately acclaimed as a saint by the people, and Pope Leo XII proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church in 1828.
Saint Peter Damian, (born 1007, Ravenna—died Feb. 22, 1072, Faenze; feast day February 21), Italian cardinal and Doctor of the Church. He was prior of Fonte Avellana in the Apennines before being named a cardinal in 1057.
Peter, surnamed of Damian, was born about the year 988 in Ravenna, of a good family, but reduced. He was the youngest of many children, and, losing his father and mother very young, was left in the hands of a brother who was married, in whose house he was treated more like a slave, or rather like a beast, than one so nearly related; and when ...
Jun 29, 2024 · Peter Damian (1007–1072) initially lived as a Benedictine monk but, sensitive to the needs of his time, accepted to be ordained bishop and then a cardinal. He made a very important contribution to the ecclesial renewal of the 11th century, which had its high point in the Gregorian reform.
Feb 21, 2024 · If it hadn’t been for an elder brother taking him under his wing, Saint Peter Damian may have taken a very different path in life. But with his brother’s guidance, he matured into a holy man, monk, and bishop. A man of prayer and devotion, Peter Damian was also a spiritual writer.
