# Peter Damiano — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Peter Damiano in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** St. Peter Damiano, Damiano

**First appearance:** 0092-canto-xxi

## Who they are

Monk and cardinal who appears in the Heaven of Saturn.

## In the story

### [Canto XIII: The Wood of the Suicides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xiii)

Not present; no character with this ID appears in the excerpt.

### [Canto XXI: The Seventh Heaven (Saturn) – The Celestial Stairway and St. Peter Damiano](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxi)

The spirit of St. Peter Damiano descends the stairway, explains predestination, and inveighs against the luxury of the clergy.

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