Saint Peter Parenzi

Memorial

• 22 May

Profile

Served in the court of Pope Innocent III. Sent as papal governor of Orvieto, Italy in 1199 with a special charge to suppress the Cathar heresy. Murdered by Cathars soon after his arrival. Martyr.

Born

• Rome, Italy

Died

• 1199 in Orvieto, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Peter Parenzi”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-peter-parenzi/>