Pope Saint Celestine V
Also known as: Peter Celestine; Peter Morrone; Peter of Moroni; Pietro del Morrone; Pietro di Murrone
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
May 19
Died
May 19, 1296
Canonized
1313 by Pope Clement V
Biography
Pope Saint Celestine V, also known as Peter Celestine, Peter Morrone, Peter of Moroni, Pietro del Morrone, and Pietro di Murrone, was born in 1210 in Isneria, Abruzzi, Italy, as Pietro del Morrone. He was the eleventh of twelve children, and unfortunately, his father passed away when Peter was quite young....