Blessed Peter of Cittą di Castello
- Also known as
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Peter Capucci
Preacher of Death
- Memorial
- 21 October
- Profile
- Joined the reformed Dominican priory of Cortona, Italy at age 15.
Ordained in Cortona.
Known for his deep life of prayer, penance and contemplation.
Noted preacher, often on the theme of contemplating your own death, preaching with a skull in his hand.
- Born
- 1390 at Cittą di Castello, Italy
- Died
- 21 October 1445 of natural causes
- Beatified
- by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)
- Canonized
- pending
- Prayers
- Through the prayer and example of Blessed Peter, may we so bear in mind our temporal death that, through sorrow for sin, we may avoid eternal death. - from the office for Blessed Peter
- Representation
- priest preaching with a skull in his hand
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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