Peter the Hermit of Galatia
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Saint Peter the Hermit of Galatia (Greek: Πέτρος ό Ερημίτης) (330 – 429) near Antioch, in Byzantine Syria, lived in the early fifth century AD.[1]
Peter's life is recorded by Theodoret of Cyrrhus whose own family was touched by the saint's gifts of healing.[2]
Peter the Hermit left his home at a very early age and lived as a wandering monk for many years travelling extensively throughout the Near East. Eventually, he settled near Antioch, where he inhabited an empty tomb and lived a very strict asceticism.[3] He cured a woman of a deadly disease through the Sign of the cross.[4]
Peter the Hermit of Galatia near Antioch is commemorated 1 February by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches.[5]
