Peter of Alcántara, Saint
Spanish Franciscan priest, reformer, and mystic. Died in 1562.
Peter of Alexandria, Saint
Became bishop of Alexandria in 300, and was martyred in 311.
Peter of Arbues, Saint
More correctly called Peter Arbues, a Spanish canon. Was inquisitor provincial in the Kingdom of Aragon. He was assassinated in 1485.
Peter of Montboissier, Blessed
Better known as Peter the Venerable. General of the Cluniac order, prominent at the General Council of Pisa, commissioned the first Latin translation of the Koran. Renowned for his…
Peter of Sebaste, Saint
Brother of SS. Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Macrina the Younger. Peter was bishop of Sebaste, and died in 391.
Peter of Verona, Saint
The son of Manichæans, he became a Dominican. He was martyred in 1252, and canonized only one year later.
Peter Snow, Blessed
Short biographical profile of the English martyr, who died in 1598.
Peter the Hermit, Blessed
Article on a man wrongly named by later writers as the instigator of the Crusades. In later life, Peter founded an abbey. He died in 1115.
Peter Urseolus, Saint
The doge of Venice. He left his wife to become a Benedictine monk and later a hermit. Died in 987.
Peter-Louis-Marie Chanel, Saint
Two articles on the French Marist missionary. Martyred in 1841.
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