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Bishop of Ravenna

Peter Chrysologus (Greek: Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Χρυσολόγος, Petros Chrysologos, "Peter the Golden-worded"; c. – c. ^[2]) was an Italian Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Ravenna from about 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

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 , 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 there are indicatio