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Peter of Anagni
Benedictine bishop
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Feast: 3 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1001
Died
1105
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Anagni in Lazio, Saint Peter, bishop, who shone first for monastic observance and then for pastoral zeal, completing the building of the cathedral.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 3 August as a monk-bishop of Anagni who completed its cathedral.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7177910 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pietro of Anagni (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.