About Peter Damian Saint Peter Damian or Petro Damiani (c. 1007–1072 or 1073) was a monk and cardinal under the reign Pope Leo IX. He was canonized in 1828. Books by Peter Damian Book of Gomorrah An Eleventh-Century Treatise against Clerical Homosexual Practices by (author) Peter Damian translated by Pierre J. Payer