Peter the Venerable, French abbot and saint (born 1092)

Peter the Venerable

French abbot and saint (c. 1092 – 25 December 1156)

Peter the Venerable, also known as Peter of Montboissier, was the abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny. He has been honored as a saint though he was never canonized in the Middle Ages. Since in 1862 Pope Pius IX confirmed his historical cult, and the Martyrologium Romanum,…