Today, Tuesday February 14, the Catholic Church remembers San Pedro Damián.
He was Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Doctor of the Church. He promoted religious life and in the difficult times of the reform of the Church he worked so that the monks dedicated themselves to the holiness of contemplation, the clergymen to the integrity of life and so that the people maintained communion in the Christian faith.
He was at the side of six Popes as "envoy messenger of peace." He especially collaborated with Hildebrand, Pope Gregory VII the great reformer.
Pedro Damián, after making several pilgrimages in the diocese of Milan, in France and in Germany, was named cardinal and bishop of Ostia. In his last stage he was called by Ravenna, his native city, to bring order to the conflict raised by the followers of an antipope.
He died on February 22 in Favencia, in Romagna.
The Catholic saints are the group of people recognized by the Church as saints or blessed on a specific date. The Roman Martyrology is the document that names and distributes in the calendar the almost 7,000 saints and blessed recognized by the Church.
The saints and saints are prominent men and women in the various religious traditions for their special relationships with the divinities or for a particular ethical elevation. While the consideration of blessed constitutes the third step on the path to canonization.
Today's saints day, February 21, also celebrates the following saint's days:
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