Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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ST/EW/213

Peter the Martyr

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
None
Floruit date range
1205 - 1252
Description
Peter the Martyr or Peter of Verona. Dominican friar and priest. Inquisitor of Milan. Martyred on the road from Como to Milan. Regarded as the first martyr of the Dominican Order. His tomb at Milan became an important pilgrimage centre. ODS, 428--9.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
None Martyr 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
4 29 yes Peter the Martyr None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations