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Pierre II
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 4 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1050
Died
1115
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Poitiers in Aquitaine, in France, Saint Peter, bishop, who favoured the birth of the Order of Fontevrault and, unjustly removed from his see, died in exile at Chauvigny.
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 4 April as a bishop of Poitiers who favoured the birth of the Order of Fontevrault and died in exile at Chauvigny.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q122971019 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.