Pietro I Orseolo

Saint Pietro Orseolo
OSBCam, Doge of Venice
Born928
Udine, Republic of Venice
Died10 January 987
Cuxa, County of Conflent
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Beatified1027 by Arnulf
Canonized1731, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Clement XII
Major shrinePrades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Feast10 January
19 January (Camaldolese Hermits)

Pietro I Orseolo OSBCam, also known as Peter Urseulus, (928–987) was the Doge of Venice from 976 until 978. He abdicated his office and left in the middle of the night to become a monk. He later entered the order of the Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome". www.orthodoxengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
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