**PETER of Anagni, St.**
Of the princes of Salerno, died 3 Aug. 1105. Having become a monk in his own city, he was summoned to the papal court, where he discharged various duties so successfully that he merited promotion to the episcopate of Anagni, where he was consecrated in 1062 by Alexander II himself.
In 1071 Peter was sent to Constantinople as papal apocrisiarius to Michael VII, whom he miraculously healed of a mortal wound and in return received rich gifts. Upon his return to his diocese, he was able to rebuild his cathedral with these. Weary, however, and disheartened by the obstacles placed in the way of his apostolate, in 1097 Peter abandoned his diocese to join the Norman Crusaders, led by Bohemond of Taranto, in the liberation of Christ’s sepulchre. Remaining in Palestine even after the foundation of the Latin Kingdom, he did not return home until 1102, passing through Constantinople, Palermo, and finally his native city, where he died and was buried in the cathedral. On 4 June 1109 Paschal II granted the bishops of Campania permission to celebrate his feast on 3 August.