Blessed Peter the Venerable
Also known as
- Peter of Cluny
- Peter of Montboissier
- 25 December
- 29 April as one of the Abbots of Cluny
- 11 May (Benedictine calendar)
- 29 December on some calendars
- 30 December on some calendars
Profile
Born to the French nobility. Benedictine monk at Cluny Abbey, and at several sister houses. Abbot of Cluny in 1122. Instituted a number of reforms to the educational and financial areas of the houses; his emphasis on the education of his monks put him into some conflict with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux who felt it detracted from the emphasis on prayer. Peter travelled to England, Spain and Rome, Italy in service to the Order, retiring between trips to live as a hermit. He recommended that the Koran be translated to Latin so missionaries would better understand what they were up against when they evangelized Muslims. Wrote poems, sermons, scriptural studies and treatises against heresy.
Born
- 25 December 1156 of natural causes
- buried in the southern end of the cloister of the monastery church of Cluny Abbey
- grave desecrated by Huguenots in 1562
- grave and most relics destroyed in 1792 in the anti–Christian excesses of the French Revolution
- some relics re-discovered in 1931 where they had been hidden in a stable
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Peter the Venerable“. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 April 2022. Web. 29 April 2024. <>