PETER THE VENERABLE, ABBOT

PETER THE VENERABLE, ABBOT - 29 DECEMBER

PETER THE VENERABLE, ABBOT

Peter the Venerable

Petrus Venerabilis ("Peter the Venerable"), theologian and ascetic of the Middle Ages, born in 1092 or 1094, was most probably a descendant of the family of the Lords of Montboissier in Auvergne. He died in 1155. As abbot of Cluny (since 1122) he restored dilapidated monastic discipline. His loving disposition, which made him warn the church against the use of violence in matters of faith, made him the protector of the unfortunate Abelard. Peter the Venerable left behind letters and writings against Petrobrusians (a group of heretics), Jews and Saracens ("Two books against Mohammedanism", German, Leipzig, 1896). See Wilkens, P. the Venerable (Leipz. 1857); Demimuid, Pierre le Vénérable (2nd ed., par. 1895).

Source:

Meyer's Great Conversation Lexicon, Volume 15. Leipzig 1908, p. 672.

Peter the Venerable (Petrus Venerabilis) was born to Blessed Raingarde in Auvergne c. 1092. She dedicated her son to God at birth. At the age of seventeen Peter took his vows at the monastery at Sauxillanges of the Congregation of Cluny.

By the age of twenty he gained a professorship and was appointed prior of the monastery of Vézelay, transferring later to the monastery at Domène. Success in these roles led to his election as abbot general of the order, aged thirty. Peter became a tireless reformer of the Cluniac order; his introduction of radical reforms earned him the appellation of "venerable".

A prolific writer, he also composed music for use in his monastery. Peter the Venerable died at Cluny on December 25, 1156. His feast is celebrated on December 29.

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