Saint of the Day, February 21

Saint Peter Damian (1007–1072) was born in Ravenna, Italy, the youngest of a large and poor family. Orphaned as a small child, he was put to work tending pigs by a brother who treated him harshly. Another brother, a priest named Damian, took him in and paid for his education, and Peter added his brother's name to his own in gratitude.