Name saints

Saints named Peter

15 saints with the name Peter, which is also written Per, Pär, Petter, Pedro, Pietro, Pierre, Piotr, Petrus, Pieter, Peder, Petr, Pete, Pekka or Piers. A name day is usually kept on the feast of one’s name saint: for Peter, for example on 22 February, the feast of Saint Peter the Apostle.

• Saint Peter the Apostle

  Apostles · Apostle of Jesus Christ · Martyr

  The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle (22 February)

  22 February and 29 JuneSolemnityVisit the tomb

• Saint Peter Damian

  Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Eleventh-century Benedictine monk · Doctor of the Church

  21 FebruaryOptional memorialVisit the tomb

• Saint Peter Chanel

  Priest and Martyr · Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr

  28 AprilOptional memorialVisit the tomb

• Saint Peter Chrysologus

  Bishop and Doctor of the Church · Doctor of the Church

  30 JulyOptional memorial

• Saint Peter Claver

  Priest

  9 SeptemberOptional memorial

• Saint Peter Canisius

  Priest and Doctor of the Church · Doctor of the Church

  21 DecemberOptional memorial

• Saint Peter

  Martyrs

  2 JuneOptional memorial

• Saint Peter Julian Eymard

  Priest

  2 AugustOptional memorial

• Saint Pietro I Orseolo

  Doge of Venice, Monk, Hermit

  10 JanuaryVisit the tomb

• Blessed Peter Donders

  Dutch Roman Catholic missionary

  14 JanuaryVisit the tomb

• Saint Peter of Verona

  Italian Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint

  6 AprilVisit the tomb

• Blessed Pierre Claverie

  Martyr, 1994–1996, Various places in Algeria

  8 May

• Saint Peter de Regalado

  Franciscan (friar minor) and reformer

  13 MayVisit the tomb

• Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde

  Spanish priest and saint of the Roman Catholic Church

  28 JulyVisit the tomb

• Saint Peter Faber

  Jesuit priest and evangelist

  1 AugustVisit the tomb

Feast days from the General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church, our saints’ tombs, martyrs and Doctors of the Church. Local calendars may keep other days. Missing a saint? Tell us.