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4 unusual facts about Peter of Farfa


Perto

To them is probably due the obscurity of Farfa's abbots during the period from Perto, who succeeded Hilderic, to Peter, who rescued his monks and his library from the Saracens.

Peter of Farfa

Peter (died ca. 919) was the long-serving Abbot of Farfa from about 890 until his death, replacing the interim abbot Vitalis.

The abbey's treasures followed them, but its library and archive were brought by Abbot Peter and a few others to the church of Saint Hippolytus in Fermo.

He soon had them moved again to the castle of Santa Vittoria in Monte Matenano.



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