Peter Damian [SEP] canonization status
at the end of the Lauds he died. He was at once buried in the monastery church, lest others should claim his relics.
During his concluding years he was not altogether in accord with the political ideas of Hildebrand. He died the year before Hildebrand became pope, as Gregory VII. "It removed from the scene the one man who could have restrained Gregory", Norman F. Cantor remarked ("Civilization of the Middle Ages", p 251).
Veneration.
Peter Damian is a saint and
May 1807
- Angela Merici
- Francesco Caracciolo
- Benedict the Moor
- Colette Boylet
- Hyacintha Mariscotti
Modern canonization Pontificate of Leo XII (1).
- 1823
- Peter Damian
Modern canonization Pontificate of Gregory XVI (5).
- 26 May 1839
- Veronica Giuliani
- Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
- Francis de Geronimo
- Giovanni Giuseppe Calosinto
- Pacifico Divino
Modern canonization Pontificate of Pius IX (52).
- 8 June 1862
- Martyrs of Japan