biography
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Damiani, Pietro, St
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also known as St Peter Damian
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pronunciation:
[damiahnee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1007–72)
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| biography:
| Ecclesiastic, born in Ravenna, NE Italy. He herded swine in boyhood, but joined the hermitage at Fonte Avellana in 1035 and rose to be cardinal and Bishop of Ostia (1057) and one of the Doctors of the Church. Feast day 21 February. |
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