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Peter of Chavanon

priest, founder of the house of canons regular at Pébrac

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Feast: 8 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record

Who they were

At Pébrac in the territory of Le Puy-en-Velay in France, Saint Peter of Chavanon, priest, who, longing for a more perfect life, withdrew to this place, where he built a house of canons regular, which he also led.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 8 September as a priest who withdrew to Pébrac near Le Puy-en-Velay and built and led a house of canons regular there.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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