Saint · Feast 30 July
Saint Peter Chrysologus
Saint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. The feast day is 30 July, kept as a optional memorial in the General Roman Calendar.
- Feast
- 30 July · Optional memorial
- Remembered as
- Bishop and Doctor of the Church
- Title
- Doctor of the Church
The life
Born at Imola, 406; died there, 450. His biography, first written by Agnellus (Liber pontificalis ecclesiæ Ravennatis) in the ninth century, gives but scanty information about him. He was baptised, educated, and ordained deacon by Cornelius, Bishop of Imola, and was elevated to the Bishopric of Ravenna in 433. There are indications that Ravenna held the rank of metropolitan before this time. His piety and zeal won for him universal admiration, and his oratory merited for him the name Chrysologus. He shared the confidence of Leo the Great and enjoyed the patronage of the Empress Galla Placidia. After his condemnation by the Synod of Constantinople (448), the Monophysite Eutyches endeavoured to win the support of Peter, but without success.
From the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), article “St. Peter Chrysologus”, in the public domain. Some details may since have been revised by later research. Read the whole article on Wikisource.
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