Peter the Hermit
11th century French Christian priest and key figure during the First Crusade
Who they were
Peter, born at Amiens about 1050, led for some years the hard life of a hermit and was one of the many preachers of the First Crusade; later legends greatly enlarged his part in it.
Returning to Europe, he founded the monastery of Neufmoutier near Liège, where he died in 1115.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe his cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A hermit and preacher who founded a monastery.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Saint Peter the Hermit Saint“Peter the Hermit (French: Pierre l'Ermite; c.” — Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Peter the Hermit
- Wikidata Q311845 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Peter the Hermit (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.