Peter of Verona

Saint Peter of Verona OP
Saint Peter the Martyr by Pedro Berruguete
Martyr
Born	29 October 1205 Verona, Italy
Died	April 29, 1252(1252-04-29) (aged 46) Milan, Italy
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	9 March 1253, Perugia, Italy by Pope Innocent IV
Feast	29 April
Attributes	religious habit of a Dominican, hatchet, cleaver, or sword in his head or a severe head wound; or writing the words Credo in Deum as he dies.
Patronage	Order of Preachers, Inquisitors, midwives, Lombardy, Como, Cremona, Duchy of Modena and Reggio, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Peter of Verona (1205 – April 6, 1252), also known as Saint Peter Martyr and Saint Peter of Verona, was a 13th-century Italian Catholic priest. He was a Dominican friar and a celebrated preacher. He served as Inquisitor in Lombardy, was killed by an assassin, and was canonized as a Catholic saint 11 months after his death, making this the fastest canonization in history.