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Peter of Anagni was Benedictine Bishop and papal legate. Born in Salerno Italy he entered the Benedictines and so distinguished himself as a monk that Pope Gregory VII appointed him Bishop of Anagni. As bishop he improved the spiritual welfare of the city built a new cathedral and promoted the First Crusade to the Holy Land a venture in which he participated. Pope Urban II sent him to Constantinople as papal legate to the Byzantine Empire.