At Saint-Gilles in Provence, Blessed Peter of Castelnau, priest and martyr, who, having entered the Cistercian monastery of Fontfroide, was appointed by Pope Innocent III to preach peace and to instruct the faith in Provence, and was struck down by heretics, pierced through by a lance.
January 15th
Blessed Peter of Castelnau, Martyr
Latin Original
Apud Fanum Sancti Aegidii in Provincia, beáti Petri de Castronóvo, presbyteri et mártyris, qui, in monastérium Cisterciénse Fontis Frígidae 1ngréssus, ab Innocéntio papa ‘Tértio ad pacem evangelizándam et ad fidem in Provincia instruéndam deputátus, ab haréticis láncea transfóssus occübutit.