May 172009
![[Saint Peter the Exorcist]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-peter-the-exorcist/saint-peter-the-exorcist-01.jpg "Saint Peter the Exorcist")
Also known as
- Peter Exorcista
- Peter the Deacon
Profile
Exorcist in Rome, Italy. Helped convert Saint Artemius of Rome, Saint Candida of Rome, and Saint Paulina of Rome. Known for his piety and dedication to his work. Worked with and was martyred with Saint Marcellinus in the persecutions of Diocletian. His name is mentioned in the first Eucharistic prayer.
Born
- Roman citizen
- martyred in 304 in the Silva Nigra just outside Rome, Italy
- buried in the Saints Marcellinus and Peter cemetery on the Lavican Road by Lucilla and Firmina
- Constantine built a basilica over their tomb
- relics later taken to Selgenstadt abbey by Einhard, Charlemagne‘s secretary
- skull enshrined in a reliquary in the Abbey of Saint Denis in 1665; reliquary melted and relics destroyed in 1794
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints