Peter of Jully, Bl.
PETER OF JULLY, BL.
Monk; b. England; d. June 23, 1136. Peter met stephen harding in Burgundy, and together they made a pilgrimage to Rome, after which Stephen entered the Abbey of molesme. Peter, however, spent some time in solitude before he followed Stephen's example. At the request of Bl. humbeline, sister of St. bernard of clairvaux and prioress of Jully-les-Nonnais (Diocese Langres), the abbot of Molesme appointed Peter to be the chaplain of her convent, an office he held until his death. His cult was revived in the Diocese of Sens in 1884 after it had lapsed in the 16th century. He is sometimes referred to as "saint."
Feast: June 23.
Bibliography: Acta Sanctorum June 5:517–523. a. m. zimmermann, Kalendarium Benedictinum: Die Heiligen und Seligen des Benediktinerorderns und seiner Zweige (Metten 1933–38) 2:374–375, 377. j. l. baudot and l. chaussin, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier avec l'historique des fêtes (Paris 1935–56) 6:382–383. a. butler, The Lives of the Saints (New York 1956) 2:622.
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