Peter Damian
Peter Damian (c. 1007 – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073) was an Italian reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of Paradiso as a great predecessor of Francis of Assisi and he was declared a Doctor of the Church on 27 September 1828. His feast day is 21 February.
Patron saint of Insomniacs; sufferers of disordered sleep
In the Martyrology
- February 21 Saint Peter Damian, cardinal bishop of Ostia and doctor of the Church
- February 22 Birth of Saint Peter Damian, bishop and cardinal, doctor of the Church