Peter Damian was present in Rome when Clement II crowned Henry III and his consort Agnes, and he attended a synod held at the Lateran in the first days of 1047, in which decrees were passed against simony.
22 Facts About Peter Damian
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Peter Damian published a constant stream of open letters on a variety of theological and disciplinary controversies.
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Peter Damian wrote a treatise, the Liber Gratissimus, in favour of their validity, a work which, though much combatted at the time, was potent in deciding the question in their favor before the end of the 12th century.
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Peter Damian claimed that the first grammarian was the Devil, who taught Adam to decline deus in the plural.
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Peter Damian argued that monks should not have to study philosophy, because Jesus did not choose philosophers as disciples, and so philosophy is not necessary for salvation.
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Peter was vigorous in his opposition to the antipope Benedict X, but the force was on the side of the intruder and Damian retired temporarily to Fonte Avallana.
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Around the end of 1059, Peter Damian was sent as legate to Milan by Pope Nicholas II.
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Peter Damian boldly confronted the rioters in the cathedral and proved to them the authority of the Holy See with such effect that all parties submitted to his decision.
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Peter Damian exacted first a solemn oath from the archbishop and all his clergy that for the future no preferment should be paid for; then, imposing a penance on all who had been guilty, he reinstated in their benefices all who undertook to live in celibacy.
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Meanwhile, Peter Damian was pleading in vain to be released from the cares of his office.
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Peter Damian rendered valuable assistance to Pope Alexander II in his struggle with the antipope, Honorius II.
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Peter Damian used all his powers to persuade the antipope Cadalous to withdraw, but to no purpose.
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Finally Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne and acting regent in Germany, summoned a council at Augsburg at which a long argument by Peter Damian was read and greatly contributed to the decision in favour of Alexander II.
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In 1063 the pope held a synod at Rome, at which Peter Damian was appointed legate to settle the dispute between the Abbey of Cluny and the Bishop of Macon.
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Peter Damian proceeded to France, summoned a council at Chalon-sur-Saone, proved the justice of the contentions of Cluny, settled other questions at issue in the church of France, and returned in the autumn to Fonte Avellana.
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Peter Damian's efforts were not successful, largely because he misjudged the case and threw the weight of his authority on the side of the bishop.
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Peter Damian accomplished this task at a council in Frankfurt before returning to Fonte-Avellana.
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Peter Damian lay ill for a week at the monastery of Santa Maria degl'Angeli, now Santa Maria Vecchia.
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Peter Damian was at once buried in the monastery church, lest others should claim his relics.
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Peter Damian died the year before Hildebrand became pope, as Gregory VII.
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Peter Damian is venerated as a saint and was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XII on 27 September 1828 with a feast day which is celebrated on 21 February.
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Since 1898, Peter Damian has rested in a chapel dedicated to the saint in the cathedral of Faenza.