Home >> Society >> Religion and Spirituality >> Christianity >> Denominations >> Catholicism >> Saints >> P >> Saint Peter Canisius Peter Canisius Baptismal name: Peter Kanis. Also dubbed "the Hammer of Protestantism" and the "Second Apostle of Germany." Illustrated profile, with an excerpt from the saint's writings. Peter Canisius, Saint Brief entry in the Columbia Encyclopedia. St. Peter Canisius (1520-1597) From the book "The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary." Blessed Peter Canisius Long essay in the Catholic Encyclopedia on Peter Canisius, sometimes called Kannees, Kanys, or possibly De Hondt. Dutch Jesuit priest, d. 1597. Militantis Ecclesiae Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, on St. Peter Canisius. Peter Canisius (Kanis), SJ, Priest Doctor Biographical essay on this saint, canonized in 1925. St. Peter Canisius Biography by Terry Matz paints the saint as a "secret agent" of the Vatican. With prayer.
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