13 Facts About Peter Chrysologus

Peter Chrysologus was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death.

Peter Chrysologus is known as the “Doctor of Homilies” for the concise but theologically rich reflections he delivered during his time as the Bishop of Ravenna.

Peter Chrysologus is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church; he was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.

Peter Chrysologus was born in Imola, where Cornelius, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Imola, baptized him, educated him, and ordained him a deacon.

Peter Chrysologus was made an archdeacon through the influence of Emperor Valentinian III.

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Peter Chrysologus condemned Arianism and Monophysitism as heresies and explained the Apostles' Creed, the mystery of the Incarnation, and other topics in simple and clear language.

Peter Chrysologus dedicated a series of homilies to John the Baptist and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Peter Chrysologus urged his listeners to confide in the forgiveness offered through Christ.

Peter Chrysologus's surviving works attest to the Catholic Church's traditional beliefs about Mary's perpetual virginity, the penitential value of Lent, Christ's Eucharistic presence, and the primacy of St Peter and his successors.

Peter Chrysologus shared the confidence of Pope Leo I the Great, another Doctor of the Church.

Synod held in Constantinople in 448 condemned Eutyches for Monophysitism; Eutyches then appealed to Peter Chrysologus but failed in his endeavour to win the support of the Bishop.

St Peter Chrysologus died circa or after 450 during a visit to Imola, the town of his birth.

Contemporary portrait of Peter Chrysologus, found in the mosaics of the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista in Ravenna, depicts him among the members of the eastern and western imperial family, showing his extraordinary influence.