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Saint Peter Damian Order of St. Benedict (O.S.B.) (Petrus Damiani also Pietro Damiani or Pier Damiani) c. 1007 – 21/22 February 1072 or 1073 was a reforming monk in the circle of Pope Leo IX and a cardinal. In 1823 he was declared a Doctor of the Church. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of Paradiso as a great predecessor of Saint Francis of Assisi.

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birth date
1007-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Ravenna
death date
1072-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1072-02-22
death place
Faenza
LCCN Id
n/50/82734
title
Bishop Confessor and Doctor of the Church
venerated in
Catholic Church

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