Blessed Peter Cambiano
Also known as: Peter de Ruffi; Peter of Ruffia; Peter Cambiani; Peter Cambiano av Ruffi
Feast Day
2 February; 7 November (Dominicans)
Born
1320 in Chieri, Piedmont, Italy
Died
Stabbed to death with daggers on 2 February 1365 by Waldensian heretics outside the Franciscan friary of Susa, Italy; buried at the Franciscan house as it was considered unsafe to transport his body through the hostile heretical territory; relics translated to the Dominican house in Turin, Italy in 1517 after the friary was destroyed by an invading army
Beatified
4 December 1856 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)
Biography
Blessed Peter Cambiano, also known as Peter de Ruffi, Peter of Ruffia, Peter Cambiani, or Peter Cambiano av Ruffi, was born in 1320 in Chieri, Piedmont, Italy. He grew up in a pious household, with his father being a city councillor and his mother hailing from a noble family. From a young age, Peter was drawn to religious life and developed a personal devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary.
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