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St. Peter
St. Peter is one of the central figures of Christianity and one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. In the New Testament he appears as Simon, a Jewish fisherman from Galilee who becomes a leading disciple, a prominent witne…
St. Peter Canisius
St. Peter Canisius was a sixteenth-century Dutch Jesuit priest, theologian, teacher and missionary whose work helped shape Catholic life in the German-speaking lands during the Reformation. He is especially remembered fo…
St. Peter Chanel
St. Peter Chanel was a nineteenth-century French Catholic priest and missionary who was killed on the Polynesian island of Futuna in 1841. Venerated as a Christian martyr, he is known in Catholic tradition as the first m…
St. Peter Chrysologus
St. Peter Chrysologus was a fifth-century Christian bishop, preacher and theologian who served as bishop of Ravenna in northern Italy. Remembered especially for the clarity and brevity of his sermons, he is known by the …
St. Peter Claver
St. Peter Claver was a seventeenth-century Jesuit priest best known for his ministry among enslaved Africans brought to Cartagena de Indias, a major Spanish port in present-day Colombia. Catholic tradition remembers him …
St. Katharine Drexel
St. Katharine Drexel (1858–1955) was an American Catholic religious sister, educator, philanthropist and founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. Born into a wealthy Philadelphia family, she devoted her inheritan…
St. Peter Damian
St. Peter Damian was an eleventh-century Italian Benedictine monk, bishop, cardinal, theologian and writer who became one of the strongest voices for reform in the medieval Latin Church. He lived during a period when pop…
St. Peter Of Verona
St. Peter of Verona, also known as Peter Martyr or Pietro da Verona, was a thirteenth-century Italian Dominican friar, preacher and inquisitor who was killed in 1252. The Catholic Church venerates him as a martyr and sai…
St. Peter Nolasco
St. Peter Nolasco was a thirteenth-century Christian religious founder associated with the redemption of captives and the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, commonly called the Mercedarians. He lived during the p…
St. Peter Of Alcántara
St. Peter of Alcántara was a sixteenth-century Spanish Franciscan friar, ascetic, writer and reformer of religious life. Born in Alcántara in Extremadura around 1499 and dying at Arenas in 1562, he became known for sever…
St. Peter Of Tarentaise
St. Peter of Tarentaise, also known as Peter II of Tarentaise or Pierre de Tarentaise, was a twelfth-century French Cistercian monk and archbishop. He is remembered within the Christian tradition as a reforming churchman…