Saint Peter the Deacon

Memorial

• 12 March

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Benedictine monk. Friend, spiritual student and secretary to Pope Saint Gregory the Great; Gregory dictated four books of the Dialogues to Peter.

Born

• 6th century

Died

• early c.605

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Salassola, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Peter the Deacon”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 March 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-peter-the-deacon/>