Patronage
Patron Saint of Various Communities of Monks
The Catholic Church venerates St. Peter Damian as the patron saint of various communities of monks. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.
St. Peter Damian
Feast: February 21“He was a prominent reformer of the Church and an advocate for clerical celibacy.”
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