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Bishop of Ravenna

Peter Chrysologus (Greek: Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Χρυσολόγος, Petros Chrysologos, "Peter the Golden-worded"; c.

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Peter Chrysologus was an Italian Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Ravenna from about until his death.

Peter Chrysologus is the first book to offer an introduction to the life of Peter Chrysologus and a selection of his most important sermons in translation.

Peter Chrysologus was an Italian Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Ravenna from about until his death.

Peter Chrysologus is the first book to offer an introduction to the life of Peter Chrysologus and a selection of his most important sermons.

380 – c. 450^[2]) was an Italian Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death.^[3] He is known as the "Doctor of Homilies" for the concise but theologically rich reflections he delivered during his time as the Bishop of Ravenna.

He is revered as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church; he was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.

Life

Peter was born in Imola, where the local bishop Cornelius baptized him, educated him, and ordained him a deacon.

He was made an archdeacon through the influence of Emperor Valentinian III. Pope Sixtus III appointed Peter as Bishop of Ravenna circa 433, apparently rejecting the candidate whom the people of the city of Ravenna elected. At that time Ravenna was the capital of the West,^[4] and