Directory of Saint Peter Canisius Resources

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Sites with information on St. Peter Canisius, a Dutch Jesuit priest and preacher who died in 1597. He was canonized in 1925, and has been named a Doctor of the Church.

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• Blessed Peter Canisius

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11756c.htm
  Long essay in the Catholic Encyclopedia on Peter Canisius, sometimes called Kannees, Kanys, or possibly De Hondt. Dutch Jesuit priest, d. 1597.

• Militantis Ecclesiae

  http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_01081897_militantis-ecclesiae_en.html
  Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, on St. Peter Canisius.

• Peter Canisius

  http://catholicsaints.info/saint-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.

• St. Peter Canisius

  http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=93
  Biography by Terry Matz paints the saint as a "secret agent" of the Vatican. With prayer.

• St. Peter Canisius (1520-1597)

  http://www.cin.org/saints/petcanis.html
  From the book "The Saints: A Concise Biographical Dictionary."

 

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