Peter of Pappacarbone ( it, San Pietro di Pappacarbone) (died 4 March 1123) was an Italian

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, and saint. He was abbot of

La Trinità della Cava La Trinità della Cava ( la, Abbatia Territorialis Sanctissimae Trinitatis Cavensis), commonly known as Badia di Cava, is a Benedictine territorial abbey located near Cava de' Tirreni, in the province of Salerno, southern Italy. It stands in a go ...

, located at

Cava de' Tirreni Cava de' Tirreni (; Cilentan: ''A Càva'') is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, northwest of the town of Salerno. It lies in a richly cultivated valley surrounded by wooded hills, and is a p ...

. Born in Salerno, he had first been a monk at Cava under

Leo I of Cava Leo I of Cava ( it, San Leone I Abate; ? –1079) was an Italian abbot and saint. He is remembered as the second abbot of the Abbey of La Trinità della Cava, located at Cava de' Tirreni and is revered as a saint by the Catholic Church. Venerati ...

. He then was at

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from 1062 to 1068 and later became bishop of Policastro in 1079. He later resigned his see and returned to Cava. Abbot Leo I appointed him coadjutor. When Peter became abbot himself, his administration was so strict that he caused strife in the abbey. He thus withdrew temporarily before being recalled and serving for several decades as abbot until his death. He was succeeded by

Constabilis Constabilis ( it, San Constabile, San Costabile) ( 1070 – 1124) was an Italian abbot and saint. He was abbot of La Trinità della Cava, located at Cava de' Tirreni, from 1122 to 1124. Biography He was born around 1070 at Tresino, in Lucania (c ...

, who had served as Peter's coadjutor.

Veneration

The first four abbots of Cava were officially recognized as saints on December 21, 1893, by

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...

.San Constabile (Costabile)
/ref> The first four abbots are Alferius (Alferio), the founder and first abbot (1050);

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(1050–79); Peter of Pappacarbone (1079–1123); and

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San Pietro I (Pappacarbone) Abate di Cava

San Constabile (Costabile)
1123 deaths Italian saints Bishops in Campania Italian abbots Italian Benedictines 11th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 12th-century Christian saints Year of birth unknown {{Italy-saint-stub