PIETRO of ANAGNI, saint. — Of the princes of Salerno, d. 3 Aug. 1105. Having become a monk in his native city, he was summoned to the papal Court for various duties which, being successfully carried out, earned him promotion to the bishopric of Anagni, where in 1062 he was consecrated by Alessandro II himself.
In 1071 P. was sent to Constantinople as papal apocrisiary to Michele VII, whom he miraculously cured of a mortal wound, receiving rich gifts in return. On his return to his diocese, he was able with these to rebuild his Cathedral. Weary, however, and disheartened by the difficulties placed in the way of his apostolate, in 1097 P. abandoned his diocese to go with the Norman Crusaders, led by Boemondo di Taranto, for the liberation of Christ’s sepulchre. Remaining in Palestine even after the foundation of the Latin Kingdom, he departed only in 1102, passing again through Constantinople, Palermo, and finally his old native city, where he died and was buried in the Cathedral. On 4 June 1109 Pasquale II granted the bishops of Campania permission to celebrate his feast on 3 Aug.