Cloud of Witnesses
Venerable (Monastic) 9th century

Venerable Peter the former soldier

Also known as Peter of Galatia · Leo

A former soldier under the iconoclast Emperor Theophilus who left military life for monastic asceticism, remembered for repentance and perseverance.

Feast Day
October 9
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Their life

A former soldier under the iconoclast Emperor Theophilus who left military life for monastic asceticism, remembered for repentance and perseverance.

His companions & kin
Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Joannicius the Great
Venerable (Monastic)
Venerable Arsenius of Latros
Hierarch
Basil the Great
Righteous
Righteous Emilia Mother of St. Basil the Great
Venerable-Martyr
Monk-Martyr Telemachus
Martyr
Martyr Gordius of Caesarea
Notes

Distinct from Peter the Hermit of Galatia (OS-0575).

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints