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Peter Thomas
Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
SaintResearchedFranceCarmelitesPre-congregation
Feast: 6 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1305
Died
1366
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Famagusta on the island of Cyprus, the death of Saint Peter Thomas, bishop of Constantinople, of the Carmelite Order, who carried out the mission of legate of the Roman Pontiff in the East.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 6 January as a Carmelite, bishop of Constantinople and papal legate in the East, who died at Famagusta.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2623635 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Peter Thomas (saint) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.