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Peter Damian

1007 - 1072

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Peter Damian (Latin: Petrus Damianus; Italian: Pietro or Pier Damiani; c. 1007 – 21 or 22 February 1072 or 1073) was an Italian reforming Benedictine monk and cardinal in the circle of Pope Leo IX. Dante placed him in one of the highest circles of Paradiso as a great predecessor of Francis of Assisi and he was declared a Doctor of the Church on 27 September 1828. His feast day is 21 February. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Damian is the 47th most popular physician (up from 134th in 2019), the 534th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,018th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Physician.

Peter Damian was a medieval Catholic saint and hermit, who is most famous for his denunciation of the worldliness of the clergy of his day.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Peter Damian ranks 47 out of 726. Before him are Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Marcello Malpighi, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Claude Bernard, and Elias Lönnrot. After him are Polycarp, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Ronald Ross, Alexis Carrel, Emil von Behring, and Joseph Murray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1007, Peter Damian ranks 1. After him are Isaac I Komnenos, Ouyang Xiu, Hugh Magnus, and Giselbert of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1072, Peter Damian ranks 3. Before him are Alp Arslan, and Romanos IV Diogenes. After him are Sancho II of Castile and León, Ouyang Xiu, Antipope Honorius II, Ali Hujwiri, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Al-Qushayri, Adalbert of Hamburg, Asadi Tusi, and Ordulf, Duke of Saxony.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Peter Damian ranks 534 out of 5,161. Before him are Aurelia Cotta (-120), Alphonsus Liguori (1696), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), and Tarcisio Bertone (1934). After him are Trebonianus Gallus (206), Januarius (272), Gaius Gracchus (-154), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Salvatore Riina (1930), and Emilio Segrè (1905).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Peter Damian ranks 6. Before him are Florence Nightingale (1820), Cesare Lombroso (1835), Camillo Golgi (1843), Marcello Malpighi (1628), and Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909). After him are Francesco Redi (1626), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Trota of Salerno (1001), and Andrea Cesalpino (1519).

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