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Peter Damian

Eleventh-century Benedictine monk · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 1007 to 1072 · aged 65

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An 11th-century Benedictine monk who pushed hard enough for church reform that he landed in Dante's Paradiso and earned a Doctor of the Church title seven centuries after his death.

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A life in dates

1072Died1065“Let that ancient dragon, Cadalus, take note. Let this disturber of the Church, this destroyer of apostolic discipline, this enemy of man’s salvation understand.”In their wordsLetter 120:13. Damian to young King Henry IV, A. D. 1065 or 1066, wherein Damian exhorts Henry to use his sword against the disturber of

1059“But if I have erred in anything, I gladly come before the teaching authority of Peter.”In their wordsDecember 1059Letter 65:26. To Hildebrand, "archdeacon and immobile pillar of the Apostolic See," Dec. 1059. Op. Cit., p. 39.

1049“Any cleric or monk who seduces young men or boys, or who is apprehended in kissing or in any shameful situation, shall be publicly flogged and shall lose his clerical tonsure.”In their wordsLetter 31:38. To Pope Leo IX, A.D. 1049.

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In their own words 3

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  1. Let that ancient dragon, Cadalus, take note. Let this disturber of the Church, this destroyer of apostolic discipline, this enemy of man’s salvation understand.

    1065, Letter 120:13. Damian to young King Henry IV, A. D. 1065 or 1066, wherein Damian exhorts Henry to use his sword against the disturber of, Own words

  2. But if I have erred in anything, I gladly come before the teaching authority of Peter.

    Dec 1059, Letter 65:26. To Hildebrand, "archdeacon and immobile pillar of the Apostolic See," Dec. 1059. Op. Cit., p. 39., Own words

  3. Any cleric or monk who seduces young men or boys, or who is apprehended in kissing or in any shameful situation, shall be publicly flogged and shall lose his clerical tonsure.

    1049, Letter 31:38. To Pope Leo IX, A.D. 1049., Own words

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Doctor of the Church

About this person

Born around 1007 in Italy, Peter Damian entered the Benedictine order and became one of the fiercest voices for reform in a church riddled with corruption. He moved in the circle of Pope Leo IX, was made cardinal, and spent his life writing and agitating to pull the clergy back toward discipline. He died in February 1072 or 1073. Dante later placed him high in Paradiso, calling him a great predecessor of Francis of Assisi. In 1828, the Church formally declared him a Doctor, canonizing not just the man but the rigor he represented.

Country
Italy
Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1007 to 1072 · aged 65

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