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'''Saint Peter Thomas''' entered the [[Carmelites]] when he was twenty-one.
'''Saint Peter Thomas''' (1305-1366) {'''Petrus de Thomas''') was a [[Carmelite]] friar and is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.


==Life==
He was chosen by the Order as its procurator general to the Papal Court of [[Pope Clement VI]] at [[Avignon]].
Peter Thomas was born about the year 1305 to a very poor family in [[Périgord]]. His father was a serf. When still a teen-ager, he left his parents and his younger sister to ease the burdens on his family. He went to the nearby small town of Monpazier, where he attended school for about three years, living on alms and teaching younger pupils. He led the same type of life at [[Agen]] until the age of twenty, when he returned to Monpazier.<ref name=rome>[http://www.ocarm.org/en/content/liturgy/st-peter-thomas-bishop-feast "St. Peter Thomas, Bishop", Order of Carmelites, Rome]</ref>


===Carmelite friar===
In 1354 he was made bishop of [[Patti, Sicily|Patti]] and [[Lipari]].
The prior Of the Carmelite convent of [[Lectoure]] employed Thomas as a teacher for a year in that school. He entered the Carmelite Order at the age of twenty-one and made his profession of religious vows at [[Bergerac, Dordogne|Bergerac]] where he taught for two years. He studied philosophy at [[Agen]], where he was ordained a priest three years later. For the next few yeas, he continued his studies, while also teaching in [[Bordeaux]], [[Albi]], and again in [[Agen]]. This was followed by three years of study in Paris.<ref name=rome/> He was preaching in Cahors, during a procession held to in hopes of an end to a serious drought, when rain began to fall. This was viewed by many as miraculous.


In 1363 he was appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete|Archbishop of Crete]], and in 1364 he became the [[Latin Patriarch of Constantinople]].
He was the Order's Procurator General and an official preacher at the Papal Court of [[Pope Clement VI]] at [[Avignon]]. In 1354 he was made bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Patti|Patti and Lipari]]. In 1363 he was appointed [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete|Archbishop of Crete]], and in 1364 he became the [[Latin Patriarch of Constantinople]]. He died in 1366 at [[Famagust]]a in Cyprus.

Saint Peter Thomas is depicted in an altarpiece painted by [[Francisco de Zurbaran]] for the College of San Alberto, Seville, which is currently held by the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].<ref>[https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/saint-peter-thomas-32089 "Saint Peter Thomas, Zurbaran", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]</ref>

==Sources==
There are two biographies written about Peter Thomas: one by Philip of Mézières (d. 1405),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FuY8AQAAIAAJ&q=Peter+Thomas+(saint)&dq=Peter+Thomas+(saint)&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi32uPp09TcAhXot1kKHaKuC00Q6AEILzAB Philippe de Mézières, ''The life of Saint Peter Thomas'', (Joachim Smet, ed.) Institutum Carmelitanum, 1954]</ref> chancellor of King Peter of Cyprus and the other by the Franciscan John Carmesson, minister of the province of the Holy Land, who had delivered the funeral eulogy.


==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150226214906/http://carmelnet.org/galleries/Saints/Saints_5/Peter/peter.htm Saint Peter Tomas]


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Peter Thomas
Roman Catholic Church
FeastJanuary 8

Saint Peter Thomas (1305-1366) {Petrus de Thomas) was a

Carmelite
friar and is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Peter Thomas was born about the year 1305 to a very poor family in Périgord. His father was a serf. When still a teen-ager, he left his parents and his younger sister to ease the burdens on his family. He went to the nearby small town of Monpazier, where he attended school for about three years, living on alms and teaching younger pupils. He led the same type of life at Agen until the age of twenty, when he returned to Monpazier.[1]

Carmelite friar

The prior Of the Carmelite convent of Lectoure employed Thomas as a teacher for a year in that school. He entered the Carmelite Order at the age of twenty-one and made his profession of religious vows at Bergerac where he taught for two years. He studied philosophy at Agen, where he was ordained a priest three years later. For the next few yeas, he continued his studies, while also teaching in Bordeaux, Albi, and again in Agen. This was followed by three years of study in Paris.[1] He was preaching in Cahors, during a procession held to in hopes of an end to a serious drought, when rain began to fall. This was viewed by many as miraculous.

He was the Order's Procurator General and an official preacher at the Papal Court of

Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. He died in 1366 at Famagusta
in Cyprus.

Saint Peter Thomas is depicted in an altarpiece painted by

Francisco de Zurbaran for the College of San Alberto, Seville, which is currently held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[2]

Sources

There are two biographies written about Peter Thomas: one by Philip of Mézières (d. 1405),[3] chancellor of King Peter of Cyprus and the other by the Franciscan John Carmesson, minister of the province of the Holy Land, who had delivered the funeral eulogy.

References

  1. ^ a b "St. Peter Thomas, Bishop", Order of Carmelites, Rome
  2. ^ "Saint Peter Thomas, Zurbaran", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  3. ^ Philippe de Mézières, The life of Saint Peter Thomas, (Joachim Smet, ed.) Institutum Carmelitanum, 1954
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
William
 — TITULAR —
Latin Patriarch of Constantinople

1364–1366 		Succeeded by
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