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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Damian has received more than 422,521 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Peter Damian is the 134th most popular physician (down from 111th in 2019), the 1,018th most popular biography from Italy (down from 890th in 2019) and the 8th 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 134 out of 726. Before him are Nicolaes Tulp, John Snow, Edgar Adrian, Oswald Avery, George Emil Palade, and Herta Oberheuser. After him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Sushruta, Ibn Zuhr, Carl Wernicke, Albrecht von Haller, and Marie François Xavier Bichat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1007, Peter Damian ranks 2. Before him is Isaac I Komnenos. After him are Ouyang Xiu, Hugh Magnus, and Giselbert of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1072, Peter Damian ranks 4. Before him are Alp Arslan, Romanos IV Diogenes, and Sancho II of Castile and León. After him are Ouyang Xiu, Antipope Honorius II, Al-Qushayri, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Adalbert of Hamburg, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Asadi Tusi, and Ali Hujwiri.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Peter Damian ranks 1,018 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucio Dalla (1943), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Luigi Russolo (1885), Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), and Eleonora Duse (1858). After him are Occhiali (1519), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Edda Mussolini (1910), Francesco Landini (1325), Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans (1371), and Marcomer (400).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Peter Damian ranks 8. Before him are Cesare Lombroso (1835), Camillo Golgi (1843), Marcello Malpighi (1628), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Francesco Redi (1626), and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608). After him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Trota of Salerno (1001), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), and Bernardino Ramazzini (1633).

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