Feastday: May 22
Death: 1199
Papal legate and martyr. Peter was from Rome and entered the service of the papacy. Trusted as a papal representative, he was dispatched as a legate to Orvieto in 1199 with the task of suppressing the Cathars who were at the time troubling the local Church. Against these heretics, Peter instituted harsh measures, and the outraged Cathars assassinated him.
Peter Pareuzi was a Papal legate and martyr. He was from Rome and served the papacy. As a papal legate, he was sent to Orvieto in 1199, to enter into dialogue with the Cathars, who were troubling the local church. Peter then suffered martyrdom, at the hands of the Cathars.
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