St. Peter DamianFEBRUARY 21 SAINT PETER DAMIAN, OR OF DAMIAN, CARDINAL, BISHOP OF OSTIA From his life by his disciple, John of Lodi, in Mabill. s. 6, Ben., and from his own writings. Fleury, b. 59, n 48, and Hist. des Ordres Relig.; Ceillier, t. 20, p. 512; Henschenius ad 23 Febr. p. 406. A.D. 1072 Peter, surnamed of Damian, was born about the year 988 in Ravenna, of a good family, but reduced. He was the youngest of many children, and, losing his father and mother very young, was left in the hands of a brother who was...