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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.

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

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