Saint Peter Chrysologous, Homiletic Doctor
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Saint Peter Chrysologous, Homiletic Doctor
Saint Peter Chrysologous (+450) as the traditional account has it was chosen bishop of Ravenna in 433 after the then-reigning pontiff, Pope, Sixtus III, had a vision of Saint Peter the Apostle and Saint Apollinaris (the latter a former bishop of Ravenna) who pointed out a young man as the next episcopus. Soon afterwards, a group arrived in Rome from Ravenna, and amongst them was the very man – our saint – whom the Pope recognized from the vision…
Peter was born around 380 in the town of Imola. He was raised and ordained to the clergy by the bishop of that city, Cornelius, who later made him his vicar general. Around 426, Peter was elevated to the dignity of metropolitan of Ravenna, then the capital of the Western Empire. He served as an advisor to Empress Galla Placidia and her sons. The entire imperial court attended his sermons. As bishop of the imperial capital, he exerted considerabl…
Bishop of Ravenna in the fifth century, master of homilies and Doctor of the Church: memory on July 30.
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